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Germany opens Dachau concentration camp
Was significant because it was the first concentration camp that was opened. -
Mussolini's Italian forces take Ethiopia
Was significant because these were originally Hitler's plans -
German troops occupy Rhinehand
Was significant because it is when Adolf Hitler violated the Treaty of Versailles. -
Nazis take Czechoslovakia
Was significant because it was one of the main causes of WWII -
Germany's invasion of Poland
Was significant because the German-Soviet pact enabled Germany to invade Poland without prevention -
German 'Blitzkrieg' overwhelms Belgium, Holland, and France
Was significant because attacking these place just added to the causes of the war -
Hitler begins operation Barbarossa
Was significant because German industrial preparations began -
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
Was significant because it's what made the U.S declare war on Japan. -
The U.S enters the war
Was significant because the attack on Pearl Harbor is what made this happen. -
Singapore falls to Japanese
Was significant because it was a battle that gave Japan more power with about 80,000 prisoners of war coming from the U.K, India, and Australia. -
Mass murder of Jewish people at Auschwitz begins
Was significant because this drove all opposing countries to stop Hitler. -
American naval victory at Battle of Midway
Was significant because it left terrible damage on the Japanese navy that was unable to be fixed. -
U.S cracks Japanese codes
Was significant because after being able to decode Japanese messages, U.S leaders knew roughly where and when they would attack. -
Surrender at Stalingrad
Was significant because it was the last of the German forces fighting for Hitler. -
Normandy invasion
Was significant because it was the first time during the war that Germany showed weaknesses, and that victory was starting to seem possible. -
Paris is liberated
Was significant because Paris had been owned by Nazi Germany and it put them in a lower place. -
Big three in Potsdam
Was significant because it was where the U.K, U.S, and the Soviet Union deciding what they were going to do with Nazi Germany after the war. -
Hiroshima
Was significant because it was the very first atomic bomb to be deployed in the world, and was one of the only times to have nuclear weapons used in war. -
Nagasaki
Was significant because it was just three days after the bombing of Hiroshima, and was the only other time a nuclear weapon was used in war.
