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Hitler rises
Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany. -
Chancellor
Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany. -
Anti-Comintern Pact
Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact. This was a pact against communism and Russia. -
Japan Invades
Japan invades china -
Austria
Hitler annexes Austria into Germany -
WW2
Germany invades Poland. WW2 begins. -
BANG BANG
France and Britian declare war on Germany -
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Invasion
Germany invades and conquers Denmark and Norway. -
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Blitzkrieg
Germany uses quick strikes called blitzkrieg, meaning lightning war, to take over much of western Europe including the Netherlands, Belgium, and northern France. -
Churchill
Winston Churchill becomes leader of the British government. -
Axis Power
Italy enters the war as a member of the Axis powers. -
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Battle Of Britain
Germany launches an air attack on Great Britain. These attacks last until the end of October and are known as the Battle of Britain. -
Tripartite Pact
Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact creating the Axis Alliance. -
Pearl Harbor
The Japanese attack the US Navy in Pearl Harbor. The next day the US enters World War II on the side of the Allies. -
Japanese prisoners
Roosevelt orders Japanese and Japanese Americans in western U.S. to be exiled to “relocation centers,” many for the remainder of the war -
Stalingard
German 6th Army surrenders at Stalingrad—turning point of war in Russia -
Italy
Italy surrenders -
D-Day
Allies launch Normandy invasion -
Yalta
Yalta Agreement signed by FDR, Churchill, Stalin—establishes basis for occupation of Germany, returns to Soviet Union lands taken by Germany and Japan -
Suicide
Hitler kills himself
