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Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party gain control of Germany
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Germany begins seizing European lands lost in World War I
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Germany invades Poland, starting World War II
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Japan attacks the U.S. Navy at Pearl Harbor
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The U.S. wins the Battle of Midway
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The building of two atomic bombs, called The Manhatten Project, begins
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The Nazis develop their "Final Solution"
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The Allies force the Axis powers to surrender in North Africa
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The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising occurs
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The United States retakes the Philippines at Leyte Gulf
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The Allies conquer Italy
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The Allies win the Battle of the Bulge, this was also a turning point in the war
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Allied troops liberate Jews and others from Nazi concentration camps in central Europe
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Germany surrenders, ending the war in Europe
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The United States drops atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
