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Adolf Hitler becomes Nazi Leader
On Jan. 21, 1921 Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi Party. -
Mussolini appointed prime minister of Italy
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Stalin becomes sole soviet leader
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Japans Army siezes Manchuria China
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Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
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Us congress passes the acts of neutrality
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Italian forces invade Ethiopia
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Militarists sieze governmental control in Japan
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German troops enter the Rhineland against the Treaty of Versailles
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Japanese military pillages the Chinese city of Nanjing killing 250,000 people
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Nazis begin forcing the jews into labor camps
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Munich pact signed giving Sudentenland to Germany
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Nazi-Soviet pact signed by Hitler and Stalin ending fighting between them
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Hitler invades poland as a result France and Great Britian declare war on Germany
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Nazis take over Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Nedtherlands
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german invasion of France and surrender of France to Germany
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North African campaign
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Battle of Britian takes place Britians air force defeats Germanys
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Japanese invade French Indochina
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First ever peactime draft in U.S
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Hitler invades USSR breaking pact with stalin USSR joins England in fight against Nazis
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Atlantic Charter issued by FDR and Churchill
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Japanese Attack Pearl Harbor US declares war on Japan Italy and Germany declare war on US
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Japanese Americans interned by government
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Japanese takes the philippines Bataan Death march
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Battle of Midway turning point in war
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Russians stop Nazis at Stalingard saving Moscow
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Zoot suit Riots in CA
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Italy Surrenders Mousallini dismissed
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D-day allied forces invade Normandy
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Allied Forces Retake Paris
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Battle of the Bulge Germany's last stand
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US moves to recapture the Philippines
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FDR dies Truman becomes president
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V-E day War in Europe ends
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First atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
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V-J day Japan surrenders
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War crime trial held in Nuremburg Germany, Manila Philippines, and Tokyo Japan