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  Hirohito takes over Konea and China
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  Hitler kills millions of people
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  Hitler rose to power promising a return to glory for Germany
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  Hitler took control of Austria and Sudeten land
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  A settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia along the country's borders
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  The Manhattan Project was a research and development undertaking during World War II that made the first nuclear weapons.
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  Hitler invades Poland
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  "Miracle" at Dunkirk
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  Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
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  successful Soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad during World War II
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  The allies stormed the beaches of Normandy France
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  The last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during WWII
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  The Allies set goals for the war
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  Germans drivenback on two sides. Hitler commits suicide. Germany surrenders, VE Day.
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  the U.N. was founded to maintain peace and settle international disputes.