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Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy sign a treaty of cooperation. Their Rome-Berlin Axis is announced November 1.
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a clash occrued againt the troops of Japan and China near piping in northern china.
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Germany attacks Western Europe seizing Luxembourg, Netherlands, and Belgium within the month of May. On June 22, they recieve northern France and their entire Atlantic coastline in France's armistice agreement.
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planes take off from their japanese carriers, 49 high altitude bombers. type of planes they used: 51 dive bombers, 40 torpedo planes, 43 fighters.
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The United States declares war with Japan. Japan seizes the Philippines, French Indonesia (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia), and British Singapore.
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it allowed the order of Japanese americas
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the battle began when the Japanese naval forces moved on the base in an effort to draw out and destroy the U.S. pacific fleet's aircraft carrier.
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In reprisal of the assassination of SS Leader Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich, Nazis march into Lidice, Czechoslavakia and hunting down any notion of resistance. Over 1000 people were killed and 3000 Jews wered deported.
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the guadal canal begins
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italy surrenders to the war and does nothing else for the country
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after 900 days the siege at leningrad is over
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Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchil meet in Teheran, Iran. They confirm invading Western Europe and plan the invasion of Southern France.
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156,000 american, british, canadian forces landed on 5 beaches along a 50 mile stretch. The invasion was one of the largest amphibious military assualts in history.
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the turning point for Europe was the soviet union, also the battles of Stalingrad
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the assasination against hitler failed dramatically
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In an effort to split Allied territory, Germany attempts to reconquer Belgium. January 1, 1945, however, the Germans had to retreat.
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Hiroshima's devastation was not enough for the Japanese War Council to capitulate. The US gave Japan the "Fat Man" which forced them to unconditionally surrender.
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The Japanese delegation formally signs their surrender abord the USS Misouri. The USS Misouri flew the American, British, Soviet Union, and Chinese flags.
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Secretary of State George Marshall announced his European Recovery Plan (ERP). The sixteen nations received administrative and technical aide from the Economic Cooperation Administration (ECA).
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Congress gave the approval to a country to request American military and/or economic assistance if threatened by another state. This doctrine was aimed at the soviet threat.
