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Hitler is appointed chancellor of Germany by Hidenburg.
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Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy sign a cooperation treat on October 25.
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The initiation of World War II in the Pacfic occurs when China is invaded by Japan.
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The Soviet Union and Nazi Germany sign a nonaggression agreement.
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Germany invades Poland.
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The Soviet Union invades Poland.
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Italy enters the war.
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Italy invades southern France.
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Italy, Japan, and Germany sign the Tripartite Pact.
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Italy invades Greece from Albania.
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Bulgaria joins the Axis.
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Soviet troops liberate Kiev.
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Soviet troops liberate Rome.
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US and British troops open a second front against the Germans.
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Finland leaves the Axis partnership.
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Okinawa gets conquered by the Allied troops.
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Hitler commits suicide.
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The western Allies make Germany surrender.
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Germany surrenders to the Soviet Union
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American drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
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The Soviet Union invades Manchuria and declares war on Japan.
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The United States drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki.
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Japan surrenders, ending the war.
