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World War 2
The events leading up to the war and the final surrender -
Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
Hitler moves closer to power -
Japan withdraws from the League of Nations
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Britian and France declare war on Germany
These countries will fight on the eastern front, or Europe -
Hitler withdraws Germany from the League of Nations
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Hitler becomes leader of Germany
Adolph Hitler succeeds Hindenburg as leader of Germany -
The concentration camp at Buchenwald opens
The first concentration camp -
Germany Invades Poland
This is the battle that starts World War 2 -
German forces enter Paris
Germany takes Paris from the French -
Japenese lauch suprise attack on Pearl Harbor
America declares war on Japan following day -
Germany and Italy declare war on United States
The United States is now fully involved in World War 2 -
Germans give up North Africa
Germany begins to become surrounded -
Italy surrenders to the allies
Germany and Japan only major powers leftt -
Italy declares war on Germany
Italy becomes an ally -
D-Day, the Allied Invasion of Normandy, France
The battle began on June 6, 1944, also known as D-Day, when some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region.The Normandy landings have been called the beginning of the end of war in Europe. -
Germans surrender Paris
The French slowly push Germany out of there coutry -
U. S. Marines land on Iwo Jima
America invades Japan successfully -
American operations against Okinawa begin
The battle of Okinowa is viewed as the last battle on the pacific front. -
Germany uncoditionally surrenders and ends the war
World War 2 officially ends -
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan
1 of 2 atomic bombs dropped on Japan -
Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan
The second atomic bomb was dropped on Japan -
Japanese sign surrender terms on board the USS Missouri
Japan surrenders, Germany only major axis power left
