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Hitler annexed Austria then demanded the liberation of German of German people in the Sudetenland.
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Hitler, Chamberlain, Daladir of France and Mussolini of Italy met in Munich and agreed that Hitler should have the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia. The Czechs were not involved.
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Britain rearms and tells Poland that Hitler wouldn't attack him
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Hitler marched on Czechoslovakia and occupied the country
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Hitler and Stalin signed a non-aggression pact
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Hitler Invades Poland
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Britain and France declares war on Germany. The announcement was broadcast throughout the country that they were at war.
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Hitler launched against Holland and Belgium. Rotterdam was bombed mercilessly. Both countries were occupied.
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Neville Chamberlain resigned and Churchill was the new head of the wartime coalition government.
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The British retreat to the beach of Dunkirk. All men with ships were called and 338,000 men were saved.
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the months following Britain's declaration of war they see no military action.
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Hitler does this to safeguard supply routes of Swedish ore and so that he could form a base to break the British navel blockade on Germany.
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Italy enters the war on the side of the Axis powers in hopes for riches.
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The french signed armistice with Germany giving France to German control.
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This pact of mutual alliances was signed by Germany, Italy and Japan.
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this contained four phases
1.Hitler sent his air force the bomb the British ports and to see the response time of the RAF.
2.Hitler starts to bomb the air fields as well as ports.
3.The blitz- the city of London was bombed in the day.
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Italian forces in north Africa were routed by the British led by general Wavell.
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Italy and Germany attacked Yugoslavia, Greece and the island of Crete.
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Hitler attacked Russia with 3 M solders and 3,500 tanks breaking the pact. Russia turned to Britain for help and got it.
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The Japanese attacked the US pacific fleet at pearl harbor hawaii.
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Britain and the United States declared war on Japan
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Japanese capture Singapore from the British taking 60,000 prisoners.
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British and American forces landed in the NW of Africa and gained control of Morocco and Algeria. Gradually closed in on the Germans.
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The US defeated Japan at the navy battle of midway we were able to push the Japanese back.
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General Alexander was given a letter to destroy the German-Italian army and city. He handed the campaign off to General Montgomery.
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Montgomery attacked the German-Italian force and chased them across the desert.
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The Russians won their first victory against the Germans in the Battle of Stalingrad.
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The British and american forces defeat the Axis forces in North Africa.
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British and US forces invade Sicily.
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The allied troops had won the island of Sicily.
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Mussolini was thrown out of office and the government surrendered and joined the allied powers.
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Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill met for a plan to squeeze Germany and settle post war settlements.
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The siege of Leningrad was lifted by the soviet army.
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The Allies liberated Rome from German control.
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The allies attacked Normandy in western France and took the port there.
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British forces under general Slim with help from guerrilla fighting chindits evicted the Japanese from Burma.
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The French capital of Paris was liberated from the Germans.
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The first flying bombs killed 3 people in London.
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Germans launched its final defensive through the Ardennes region of Belgium.
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The Allies crossed the Rhine while Soviet forces were approaching Berlin from the east.
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The Russians reached Berlin shortly after the US forces did.
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German forces everywhere else surrender. Admiral Donitz tries to negotiate peace except with Russia.
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President Roosevelt died and was succeeded by Truman.
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Italian artisans captured Mussolini and executed him
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Hitler commits suicide in his bunker with his wife.
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German forces in Italy surrendered to the Allies.
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Donitz offers unconditional surrender to the allies.
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Victory in Europe was celebrated.
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Winston Churchill loses the election to the Clement Labour Party.
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The US dropped a Atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
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Russia declared war on Japan and invaded Japanese ruled Manchuria.
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The US dropped an Atomic bomb on Nagasaki.
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The Japanese unconditionally surrender to the Allies ending the second world war.
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MacArthur accepts Japans surrender thus formally ending the second world war.