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Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Nazi Germany.
Born April 20 1889, Adolf Hitler was Failed artist and was furious as other Germans were with the outcome of the First world war. Hitler created the German workers party or the Nazi party. Through lots of talking and support from the people takes the seat as Chancellor of Germany. -
Japan Attacks China
Japan invades neighboring China and begins it's expansion into the territory. This was the beginning of the "Great Eastern Empire" -
Axis Powers
The Axis Powers were created, known as the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis -
Germany annexation of Austria
Germany invades Austria and takes control over the nation. Germany creates the Anschluss. -
Munich Agreement
Italy, Germany, Great Britain, and France sign the Munich Agreement. The Munich Agreement states that Czechoslovakia must surrender its border regions and defenses. Czechoslovakia will be used as a border for Germany in the upcoming battles. -
Pact of Steel
Friendship alliance between Italy and Germany. It was mainly a military and political alliance between two of the axis powers. -
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
Pact that created a peace treaty between Nazi-Germany and the Soviet Union. It was a treaty that had a deal of no conflict if there was a war between two countries, which was then broken by Nazi-Germany. -
German invasion of Poland
Germany came into Poland on a mission and tore through their defenses. This is the beginning of World War II, Britain as well as France declared war on Germany. -
Germany invades Soviet Union
Under the code-name Operation "Barbarossa" the Nazi forced invaded the Soviet Union, it was the largest German military operation of World War II. -
Pearl Harbor
Japan uses large offensive against US naval base, Pearl Harbor, causing the US to join the war. -
D-Day
Orders given by the U.S. for the British, and Canadians to land on the beaches of Normandy for the strike. The Operation by the name of "Overlord". Major role in the war because it depicted who's going to take it by storm. -
Yalta Conference
Countries come together in an allied forces meeting to discuss the final wave of attacks on Nazi Germany. The leaders come together as one and discussed that Germany will no longer be "Nazified" and will be divided into sections. -
Adolf Hitler commits suicide
Adolph Hitler commits suicide on this day in his under ground bunker; at the same time the Soviet Union were taking over Berlin. His body was never discovered. -
V-E day
Roughly 9 days after the Soviet Union attacked Berlin and defeated the Nazis, the war was now officially over in Europe. -
Hiroshima
The US used the most powerful weapon of its time to prove their dominance over the war. Japan did not surrender. -
V-J Day
Japan surrendered to the allied forces. This is officially the end of WW2.
