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#1
Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany. His Nazi Party, takes power and Hitler is the dictator of Germany. -
#2
Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy form the Rome-Berlin Axis treaty. -
#3
Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, this was a pact against communism and Russia. -
#4
World War II begins, Germany invades Poland. -
#5
Germany invades and takes control of Denmark and Norway. -
#6
Germany uses quick strikes (blitzkrieg), to take over much of western Europe including the Netherlands, Belgium, and northern France. -
#7
Germany launches an air attack on Great Britain, these attacks last until the end of October. Is known as the Battle of Britain. -
#8
The Japanese attack the US Navy in Pearl Harbor. The next day the US entered World War II on the side of the Allies. -
#9
Japan captured Singapore -
#10
At the Battle of Midway, the US Navy defeats the Japanese navy. -
#11
German troops surrender in Stalingrad (USSR) -
#12
Axis troops in northern Africa surrendered. -
#13
Italy surrenders to the Allies however, Germany helps Mussolini to escape and set up a government in Northern Italy. -
#14
The U.S. forces invade Tarawa. -
#15
D-day and the Normandy invasion. Allied troops invade France and push back the Germans. -
#16
The Japanese navy is defeated near the Philippines. -
#17
The Germans launch a large attack in the Battle of the Bulge. -
#18
US Marines invade the island of Iwo Jima, after a fierce battle they capture the island. -
#19
The US Army under General Patton crosses the Rhine River. -
#20
US President Franklin Roosevelt dies, but he is succeeded by President Harry Truman. -
#21
Adolf Hitler commits suicide, when he realizes that Germany has lost the war. -
#22
Germany surrenders to the Allies. -
#23
The United States drops the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. -
#24
Another atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki, Japan. -
#25
Japan surrenders and signed an agreement (to end the war) to US General Douglass MacArthur and the Allies.
