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Adolf Hitler appointed
Chancellor of Germany. -
Germany annexes Austria. -
starting World War II in Europe. -
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Germany invades the Soviet Union. -
Japan bombs the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. -
Allied forces invade Normandy, France. -
Largest naval battle of World War II in the Pacific. -
Allied leaders meet to plan post-war Europe. -
commits suicide in his bunker in Berlin. -
Soviet forces capturing the city -
United States drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. -
United States drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan. -
Japan’s formal surrender ceremonies in Tokyo Bay. -
Japan formally surrenders aboard USS Missouri, ending World War II.