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Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
On 30 January 1933, Adolf Hitler was assigned Chancellor of Germany. Its been said that the one thousand year Reich had begun. But it would be another nineteen months before Hitler has reached absolute power. 1932 Germany was aware of the rise of the Nazi party becoming a prominent political force. Info and image: http://www.historyinanhour.com/2010/01/30/hitler-becomes-chancellor/ -
Axis Powers break Non- Aggression Pact
The pact contained a secret agreement where the Soviets and Germans decided on how they would later split up Eastern Europe. The German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact was demolished in June 1941, when the Nazi forces invaded the Soviet Union. Info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/german-soviet-nonaggression-pact
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Germany invades Poland
Germany invaded Poland, setting off war in Europe. The Soviet Union also invaded Poland and the Baltic nations (German Blitzkrieg). Info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-invade-poland
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Winston Churchill becomes the leader of the British Government
Churchill, who was recognized for his military leadership ability, was elected British prime minister in his place. He created an all-party coalition and rapidly won the popular support of the Britons. Info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/churchill-becomes-prime-minister
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Italy enters War
On this day in 1940, after refusing proper allegiance to either side in the battle among Germany and the Allies, Benito Mussolini, dictator of Italy, proclaims war on France and Great Britain. Info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/italy-declares-war-on-france-and-great-britain
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Battle of Britain
In the summer and fall of 1940, German and British air forces collided in the skies over the United Kingdom. They then sealed in the largest continuous bombing campaign to that date.The Battle of Britain finished when Germany’s Luftwaffe failed to gain air advantage over the Royal Air Force. Info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-britain
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Attack on Pearl Harbor
Soon before 8 a.m. on December 7, 1941, there was around hundreds of Japanese fighter planes that invaded the American naval base at Pearl Harbor close Honolulu, Hawaii. The barrage took only two hours, but it was horrific. The Japanese was able to abolish approximately 20 American naval vessels, counting eight enormous battleships, and more than 300 airplanes. Info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor
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Battle of the Coral Sea
This World War II battle lasted for four days and marked the first air-sea battle in history. The Japanese were looking to control the Coral Sea with an attack of Port Moresby, but the Allied forces were aware of their plans. Each side suffered damages to their transporters, the battle left the Japanese without enough air forces. Info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-coral-sea
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Bataan Death March
April 9, 1942, after the U.S. surrender of the Bataan Peninsula on the main Philippine island of Luzon to the Japanese during World War II (1939-45), approximately 75,000 Filipino and American troops in Bataan were forced to make an strenuous 65-mile march to prison camps. Thousands perished in what became known as the Bataan Death March. Info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bataan-death-march
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Battle of Midway
The United States overpowered Japan in one of the most decisive naval battles of World War II. Appreciations to part of the major developments in code breaking, the United States was able to preempt and counter Japan’s planned ambush of its few lasting aircraft carriers, imposing long-lasting destruction on the Japanese Navy. Info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway
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Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a successful Soviet resistance of the city of Stalingrad in the U.S.S.R. It blocked the German development into the Soviet Union and marked the turning of the tide for war. The Battle of Stalingrad was one of the bloodiest fights in history, with merged military and civilian victims of nearly 2 million. Info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-stalingrad
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Italy Surrenders to Allies
Gen. Dwight Eisenhower publicly broadcasts the yield of Italy to the Allies. Germany responded with Operation Axis. With Mussolini overthrown from power and the earlier downfall of the fascist government in, Gen. Pietro Badoglio, stead by request of King Victor Emanuel, and started consulting with Gen. Info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/italian-surrender-is-announced
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D-Day
The clash started on June 6, 1944, also identified as D-Day, when some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile expanse of the great coast of France’s Normandy region. The attack was known as one of the largest amphibious military attacks in history and needed a lot of planning. Info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day
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1st Liberation of Concentration Camps
Dachau was the first Nazi concentration camp. Dachau initially housed political prisoners. Eventually evolved into a death camp where countless thousands of Jews died from malnutrition, disease and overwork or were executed. U.S. military forces liberated Dachau in late April 1945. Info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/dachau
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Atomic Bomb #2
After three days, a second B-29 bomber released another A-bomb on Nagasaki, which wiped out an estimated 40,000 people. Japan’s Emperor Hirohito proclaimed his country’s unrestricted forfeit in World War II in a radio address on August 15, quoting the devastating power of “a new and most cruel bomb.” Info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki
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Liberation of Paris
On this day in 1944, French General Jacques Leclerc enters the free French capital successfully. Pockets of German intransigence stayed, but Paris was free from German control. Info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/liberation-of-paris
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Battle of Bulge
In December 1944, Adolph Hitler tried to separate the Allied armies in northwest Europe of a surprise blitzkrieg plunge through the Ardennes to Antwerp. Caught off-guard, American units battled desperate fights to stem the German development at St.-Vith, Elsenborn Ridge, Houffalize and Bastogne. Info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-the-bulge
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Battle of Iwo Jima
After an efficient preparatory air and naval bombardment, three U.S. marine separations landed on the island in February 1945. Iwo Jima was protected by about 23,000 Japanese army and navy troops, who clashed from an elaborate network of caves, dugouts, tunnels and underground installations. Info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima
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Death of FDR
On this day in 1945, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt dies after four significant terms in office, leaving Vice President Harry S. Truman to take over of a country still battling the Second World War and in ownership of a weapon of unpredictable and terrifying power. Info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-dies
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Death of Adolf Hitler
Der Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler, dictator of Germany, hid in a renovated air-raid bunk, he drank a cyanide capsule, then shot himself with a pistol, as his “1,000-year” Reich fell in front of him. Info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adolf-hitler-commits-suicide-in-his-underground-bunker
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Germany Surrenders
The German High Command, (General Alfred Jodl) signs the unrestricted forfeit of all German forces. In the beginning General Jodl wanted to limit the terms of German forfeit to only those forces still battling the Western Allies. But General Dwight Eisenhower ordered complete submission of all German forces. Info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-surrenders-unconditionally-to-the-allies-at-reims
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Atomic Bomb #1
On August 6, 1945, during World War II, an American B-29 bomber released the world’s first organized atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The outburst wiped out 90 percent of the city and instantly killed 80,000 people; tens of thousands soon died of radiation exposure. Info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki
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Japan Surrenders
Japan properly forfeits to the Allies, producing an end to World War II. By the summer of 1945, the downfall of Japan was a foregone end. The Japanese navy and air force were demolished. The Allied naval blockade of Japan and bombing of Japanese cities had left the country and its economy devastated. Info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/japan-surrenders
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