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Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany
Hitler becomes the supreme leader of Germany in 1933 -
Hitler pledges to undo the Treaty Of Versailles
Hitler went against the Treaty Of Versailles in many ways, fist he was training his army/military in secret, secondly he moved his troops into Rhineland, and then the anschluss between Germany and Austria -
Axis powers
Germany, Italy, Japan form pact known as Axis Powers -
Italy invades Ethiopia
The invasion of Ethiopia was to boost Italian national pride, which was wounded by Ethiopia's defeat of Italian forces at the Battle of Adowa in the nineteenth century, which saved Ethiopia from Italian colonisation. -
Germany annexes Austria
German troops march into Austria to annex the German-speaking nation for the Third Reich. -
Munich Agreement
Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France sign the
Munich Agreement. -
Kristallnacht
also referred to as the Night of Broken Glass, was a pogrom against Jews throughout Nazi Germany -
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Munich Agreement
Germany breaks the Munich Agreement and occupies the rest of Czech lands. -
Nazi-Soviet Pact
Germany and the Soviet Union sign the Nazi-Soviet Pact, dividing Eastern Europe into spheres of influence. -
Germany invades Poland
Germany invaded poland -
Honoring their support of Poland
Honoring their support of Poland, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany. -
Soviet Union invades Poland
The Soviet invasion of Poland was a Soviet military operation that started without a formal declaration of war on 17 September 1939. -
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Phony War
The Phony War was an eight-month period at the start of World War II, during which there were no major military land operations on the Western Front. -
Auschwitz
was a concentration camp -
Germany invades Denmark and Norway
On this day in 1940, German warships enter major Norwegian ports, from Narvik to Oslo, deploying thousands of German troops and occupying Norway. ... Hours after the invasion, the German minister in Oslo demanded Norway’s surrender -
France falls and Germany controls Paris
German forces defeated Allied forces by mobile operations and conquered France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, bringing land operations on the Western Front to an end -
Operation Sea Lion
Operation Sealion was Nazi Germany's code name for the plan for an invasion of the United Kingdom during the Battle of Britain in the Second World War -
North African Campaign
The North African Campaign of the Second World War took place in North Africa -
Britain defeats Germany
Britain defeats Germany in Operation Sea Lion -
Battle of Britain ends
The Royal Air Force defended the United Kingdom against the German Air Force attacks -
Operation Barbarossa
Germany invades the Soviet Union -
Pearl Harbor
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor -
Battle of Midway Ends
The Battle of Midway was a turning point in the Pacific War. -
Battle of Guadalcanal
was the first major offensive and a decisive victory for the Allies in the Pacific theater -
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Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia. -
D-Day
Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II -
Germany surrenders
Germany officially surrendered to the Allies, bringing an end to the European conflict in World War II -
Hiroshima
At the order of President Harry S. Truman during the final stage of World War II, the United States dropped nuclear weapons on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki -
Nagasaki
At the order of President Harry S. Truman during the final stage of World War II, the United States dropped nuclear weapons on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki -
Japan Surrenders
The surrender of Imperial Japan was announced on August 15 and formally signed on September 2, 1945, bringing the hostilities of World War II to a close.
