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US stopmarket crash led to rhe Great Depression and effected WWII because it made European countries disire more land
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Hitler sent troops to the Rhineland, an old section of Germany along the Rhine Riiver, where they were not allowed
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To establish the greatness of Italy and create an empire, Mussolini invaed Ethopia in 1936
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On this night, violence aimed specifically at the Jews broke out in the streets of the Third Reich
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Allies still encountered stiff resistance from the Germans when they landed at a series of points farther east along the Normandy cost on D-Day. (The invasion had to be postponed due to bad weather)
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Another Allied Victory against Hitlers forces on Germany's western border at the Battle of the Bulge, in December 1944, ended serious German resistance in the west
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World War II is over
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President Roosevelt having suffered years of medical complications had died suddenly on this day from a massive stroke.
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With allied forces virtually at his doorstep, Adolf Hitler killed himself in his bunker in Berlin
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The remaining german forces surrendered unconditionally on May 8th bringing "V-E-Day" (Victory in Europe
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The U.S. sent a lone American bomber to drop an atomic bomb Hiroshim, Japan killing 80,000
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Allies held officially surrender ceremonies in Tokyo Bar White Americans at home celebrated "V-J-Day" (Victory in Japan)
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At Postdam, Truman learned that the first atomic bomb had been exploded in Almagordo, New Mexico
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Another Atomic weapon was dropped on Nagaskai killing more than 70,000 people
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Nurembur War Crimes trails begin
