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Adolf Hilter 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 Brittain Declare war on Germany
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Germany invades Denmark and Normay
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Germany uses quick strikes called blitzkrieg,meaning lightning war, to take over 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 in the United states enters the war on the side of theAllies
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The United statesnavy defeats the Japaese 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 pushed back the Germans, known as D- day
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The GErmans fight back in the battle of bulge but lose to the Allies
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Allied troops capture Iwo Jima
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President Franklin Rosevelt dies he is succeeded by Harry Truman
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Germany surrenders to the Allies , ending the war in Europe
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The United states drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima Japan
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Japan surrenders to the Allies, ending the war
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Another atomic bomb is droped on Nagasak,Japan