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Hitler Becomes Chancellor
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Neutrality Act
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the 1937 Neutrality Act, which bans travel on belligerent ships, forbids the arming of American merchant ships trading with belligerents, and issues an arms embargo with warring nations. -
Germany Invades Poland
German troops invade Poland on the ground while Hitler's air force bombs Polish cities from the sky. -
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World War 2
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Germany takes neutral land
Germany takes neutral Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Holland, and Luxembourg -
Pearl Harbor
In the first major Allied offensive, British and U.S. armies attack Germany's Africa Korps on the Mediterranean chasing forces back toward Libya. -
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Japanese internment
Executive Order 9066 made the Japanese-Americans go into Internment camps -
North African Theatre
In the first major Allied offensive, British and U.S. armies attack Germany's Africa Korps on the Mediterranean chasing forces back toward Libya. -
D-Day
an airborne assault landing of 24,000 British, US and Canadian airborne troops shortly after midnight, and an amphibious landing of Allied infantry and armoured divisions -
Hitler commits suicide
Shot himself in the head in Berlin -
Germany surrenders
The German Army signs an unconditional surrender -
The Pacific theatre
One of the major Theatres between the U.S. and the Japanese. -
Hiroshima
The Little boy was dropped on Hiroshima -
Nagasaki
Fat Man Dropped on Nagasaki -
World War 2 ends
The Fromal Surrender of Japan on the U.S. Batlle ship Missouri -
Creation of Israel