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Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany. His Nazi Party takes power.
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Germany invades Poland. World War II begins.
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France and Great Britian declare war on Germany.
As Germany perpared to invade Poland, leades of great Britian and France promised to protect Poland. They told Adolf Hitler that invadind Poland would mean war with the Allies. -
Germany invades Denmark and Norway.
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Germany uses quick strikes called blitzkrieg, meaning lightning war, to take over the Netherlands and Belgium.
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Italy enters the war as a member of the Axis powers.
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Germany invades the Soviet Union.
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The Japanese attack the United States Navy in Pearl Harbor. The next day the United States enters the war on the side of the Allies.
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The United states Navy defeats the Japanese Navy at the battle of Midway.
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Italy surrenders to the Allies.
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Allied forces invade France at Normandy and push back the Germans known as D-Day.
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The Germans fight back in the Battle of the Bulge but lose to the Allies.
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Allied troops capture Iwo Jima.
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President Franklin Roosevelt dies. He is succeded by Harry Truman
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Germany surrenders to the Allies, ending the war in Europe.
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United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshina, Japan.
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Another atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.
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Japan surrenders to the Allies, ending the war.
