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Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
President Paul von Hindenburg assigned Hitler as Chancellor of Germany on that day. In the hope of creating a stable government, the elderly President Hindenburg agreed to the plan. Hitler took power, the support for Communist and Nazi parties arose.
Info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adolf-hitler-becomes-president-of-germany
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Axis Powers break Non-Aggression Pact
Enemies Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union surprised the world by signing the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, in which the two countries agreed to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years.
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Germany invades Poland and WW2 begins
Germany bombs Poland on land and from the air. Hitler wanted to regain all the territories he lost. World War II had begun.
Info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adolf-hitler-becomes-president-of-germany
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Winston Churchill becomes leader of British Government
Winston Churchill (First Lord of the Admiralty) replaces Neville Chamberlain as British prime minister following the latter’s resignation after losing a confidence vote in the House of Commons.
Info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/churchill-becomes-prime-minister
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Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain was the largest bombing campaign to that date.The Battle of Britain ended when Germany’s Luftwaffe failed to gain air over the Royal Air Force despite months of targeting Britain’s air bases, military posts and, ultimately, its civilian population.
info:http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-britain
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Attack on Pearl Harbor
Hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. The attack lasted for two hours.The Japanese managed to destroy nearly 20 American naval vessels,eight enormous battleships, and more than 300 airplanes.
Info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor
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Bataan Death March
U.S. surrender of the Bataan Peninsula on the main Philippine island of Luzon to the Japanese during World War II, the approximately 75,000 Filipino and American troops on Bataan were forced to make an arduous 65-mile march to prison camps. The marchers made the trek in intense heat and were subjected to harsh treatment by Japanese guards.
Info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bataan-death-march
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Battle of Coral Sea
This four-day World War II skirmish in May 1942 marked the first air-sea battle in history. The Japanese were seeking to control the Coral Sea with an invasion of Port Moresby in southeast New Guinea, but their plans were intercepted by Allied forces.
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Battle of Midway
Six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States defeated Japan in one of the most decisive naval battles of World War II. The United States was able to preempt and counter Japan’s planned ambush of its few remaining aircraft carriers, inflicting permanent damage on the Japanese Navy.
Info http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway
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Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad, was the successful Soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad in the U.S.S.R. during World War II. Russians consider it to be the greatest battle of their Great Patriotic War, and most historians consider it to be the greatest battle of the entire conflict.
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Italy surrenders to allies
With Mussolini that wasn't longer in power and the collapse of the fascist government, Gen. Pietro Badoglio, began negotiating with Gen. Italy didn't have enough power, and so it surrendered to the allies.
INFO:http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/italian-surrender-is-announced
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Italy enters war
Italy declares war on Germany. The Italian Campaign, from July 10, 1943, to May 2, 1945, was a series of Allied beach landings and land battles from Sicily and southern Italy up the Italian mainland toward Nazi Germany.
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D-Day
The Allies invade Western Europe in the largest amphibious attack in history.Codenamed Operation Overlord, the battle began on June 6, 1944, also known as D-Day, when some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region.
Info:http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day
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1st Liberation of Concentration Camps
As Allied troops moved across Europe in a series of attacks against Nazi Germany, they began to encounter tens of thousands of concentration camp prisoners. Germans tried to hide the evidence of murder by getting rid of the camp.
INFO: https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005131
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Liberation of Paris
After four years of Nazi occupation, Paris was liberated by the French 2nd armored division and the American 4th armored Infantry division. Adolf Hitler commanded to blow up Paris’ landmarks and burn the city before it was liberated.
Info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/paris-liberated
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Battle of Bulge
It was the largest battle fought on the Western front in Europe at that time, and it was the largest battle that the US participated in as well. The battle took place in Ardennes, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany. The battle resulted to allied victory.
Info: http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-the-bulge
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Battle for Iwo Jima
The US invaded Iwo Jima. The Japanese defenders of the
island were dug deep within the volcanic rocks.
70,000 US Marines and 18,000 Japanese soldiers
fought in the battle. Nearly 7,000 U.S. Marines were killed, 20,000 were wounded.
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Death of FDR
The president's health was very bad, and it was sign for all Americans that the end of his life was approaching. The president was sitting with his family and friends, and suddenly death hit him, and it effected the entire country.
Info: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/fdrdeath.htm
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Death of Hitler
Adolf Hitler was in a refurbished air-raid shelter and he consumed a cyanide capsule, then he shot himself with a pistol as his “1,000-year” Reich collapses above him. He commited suicide.
Info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adolf-hitler-commits-suicide-in-his-underground-bunker
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Germany Surrenders
They were forced to surrender, or bigger and worse terms were going to occur. The fighting in the West was stopped one day before the fighting in the East. Stalin signed the surrender sheets as a witness.
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Atomic Bomb #1
Germany surrendered Japan didn't want to, and they urged to fight till the very last moment. Due to that, America dropped its first ever atomic bomb on Hiroshima, which was an important military center. The bomb killed thousands of innocent lives.
Info: http://www.livescience.com/45509-hiroshima-nagasaki-atomic-bomb.html
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Atomic Bomb #2
The destruction of Hiroshima didn't bring Japan to surrender due to its pride, so the US dropped another atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki. The bomb was called "fat man". After "fat man" was dropped the Japan surrendered.
Info: http://www.livescience.com/45509-hiroshima-nagasaki-atomic-bomb.html
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Japan Surrenders
Japan was almost completely destroyed due to the atomic bombs that were launched on its two cities (Nagasaki and Hiroshima) by the US. President Truman thought that his decision of bombing Japan was a good one, and he said that if he had the chance he would bomb them once again.
Info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/japan-surrenders
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