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Period: to
world war 2
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HItler becomes leader of nazis
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Mussolini becomes prime minister of italy
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Japan seizes Manchuria
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Italy invades Ethiopia
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Militarists take over japanese government
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Nazi-soviet pact signed by Hitler and Stalin
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Hitler invades poland
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First U.S peactime draft
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Germany invades France and forces it to surrender
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Battle of britian
a battle fought between the british and the nazis, almost completely over the english chanel -
hitler invades USSR
Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia. Now joins England in fighting the Germans -
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii attacked by Japanese Naval and Air forces, US declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy declare war on the US -
battle of the midway
turning point in pacific -
Stalingrad
Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow -
Italy surrenders,
Mussolini dismissed as Prime Minister -
D-Day
Invasion of France at Normandy by Allies to take back france -
Paris retaken by Allies Forces
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Battle of the Bulge
Last offensive of German Forces -
FDR dies,
Harry S. Truman becomes President -
V-E day
The war ends in Europe -
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Bombings that partially caused the Japanese to surrender -
V-J Day
Japan surrenders to Allied Forces
