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Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
The Nazi party takes control and Hitler begins his dictatorship over Germany. -
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World War 2(and events leading up to)
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Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact
The Anti-Comintern Pact was an anti-communist pact concluded between Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan, and was directed against the Third International. -
Japan invades China
Japanese soldiers provoked local Chinese soldiers into a fight on the Marco Polo Bridge near Beijing. Japan claimed that the Chinese had started shooting first, the Japanese attacked their bases around Beijing and then occupied the city itself. -
Germany invades Poland/World War 2 begins
Germany forces bombard Poland on land and from the air, Hitler seeks to regain lost territory and rule over Poland, World War 2 has started. -
France and Great Britain declare war on Germany
In response to Hitler's invasion to Poland, Britain and France, both allies of the overrun nation declare war on Germany. Germany struck first by taking out the British ocean liner Athenia, Britain responded by bombing German ships on September 4th. -
Germany takes control of Denmark and Norway
This was known as Operation Weserübung, this was a preventative maneuver, that would prevent the Franco-British occupation of Norway. -
Germany uses blitzkrieg, using this they took over much of western Europe
Blitzkrieg (meaning lightning war) was an intense military campaign intended to bring about a swift victory. This military campaign was used to take over the Netherlands, Belgium, and northern France. -
Germany launches air attack on Great Britain
These attacks were known as the Battle of Britain, this battle was a turning point in World War 2, the battle ended when Germany's Luftwaffe failed to gain air superiority over the Royal Air Force despite months of targeting Britain's air bases, military posts and, its civilian population. -
Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact creating the Axis Alliance
The Tripartite Pact made Germany, Italy, and Japan become allies, they all agreed that they would assist in any attacks to the allies from that point on. -
Germany and the Axis Powers attack Russia
Germany and the Axis powers went all in on Russia they sent over 4 million troops in hopes to completely overwhelm the Russians defense. -
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor
Early in the morning Kamikaze planes attacked the US Navy in Pearl Harbor, the next day the US enters World War 2 on the side of the Allies. -
US Navy defeats the Japanese Navy
This was known as the Battle of Midway, six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the US defeated Japan in a crucial naval battle of World War 2. -
D-day and the Normandy invasion
Allied forces invade France and push back the Germans, more than 9,000 Allied Soldiers were killed or wounded, but this set up for the other soldiers too try and take back the rest of Europe. -
Battle of the Bulge
The Germans were the ones who initiated this large attack, the Germans ended up losing this battle which basically left them hopeless. -
US President Franklin Roosevelt dies
Roosevelt is succeeded by President Harry Truman. -
Hitler commits suicide
Hitler realizes that Germany has lost the war and their was no way that they can win, he decided that taking his own life was his best option, after he took his shortly after his wife took her life as well. -
United States drops Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima
President Truman was warned not to invade Japan because it could lead to horrific American causalities, Truman felt this was the right move so that the war would come to a quick end. -
Another atomic bomb on Nagasaki
This atomic bomb that was dropped by the United States on Nagasaki was what did it in for Japan, this led to their surrender. -
The War has ended
The War has come to a conclusion after the two lethal bombings that the US dropped on Japan, under a month later Japan surrenders to the US and the the Allies.
