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Adolf Hitler becomes the chancellor of Germany
President Paul von Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler the leader, or führer of the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi Party) -
Anschluss
Anschluss, meaning annexation, was the annexation of Austria into Germany -
Munich Pact
Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, French Premier Edouard Daladier, and British Prime Minister Neville CHamberlain, sign the Munich Pact, allowing Czechoslovakia to be annexed by Germany -
Kristallnacht
Translated to "Night of the Broken Glass". From November 9-10, 1938, Nazis in Germany torched synagogues, vandalized Jewish homes, schools, and businesses, and also killed close to 100 Jewish people. -
Start of World War II
Hitler invades Poland, and two day later, France and Britain declare war on Germany. -
France surrenders to Germany
After Paris falls in the German invasion, France surrenders to Germany. -
Tripartite Pact
Also known as the Berlin Pact, this was an agreement between Germany, Italy, and Japan, and the Axis Powers are formed -
Start of the Battle of Britain
Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe, tries and fails to attack Great Britain, which was defended by the Royal Air Force -
Invasion of the Soviet Union
Adolf Hitler launched his army in an invasion of the Soviet Union. The invasion covered a front from the North Cape to the Black Sea, which is a distance of two thousand miles. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Japan brings the United States into the war by bombing the American naval base in Honolulu, Hawaii -
United States declares war
On this day, President Franklin Roosevelt declares war on Japan for attacking Pearl Harbor -
Plans for Holocaust
The plans for the Holocaust, a mass genocide of people of the jewish religion, and others, had just started. Few people survived -
Battle of the Coral Sea
This four-day battle between the Americans and the Japanese. The Japanese were seeking control of the Coral Sea with the invasion of New Guinea, but came under attack of the American aircraft carrier planes. -
D-Day
Allied Powers cross English Channel and landed on beaches of Normandy -
Liberation of Paris
From August 19th to the 25th, Paris is being liberated from Nazi Germany by the French 2nd Armored Division and the United States 4th Infantry Division -
Battle of the Bulge
Hitler launches the last Nazi offensive, which was an attempt to push the Allied front line west from France to Northwestern Belgium. -
Battle Of Iwo Jima
American forces invade Iwo Jima, an island off the coast of Japan, defended by about 23,000 Japanese, and attacked by 3 american marine divisions -
Battle of Okinawa
287,000 American troops attack the island of Okinawa, which was defended by 130,000 Japanese troops -
President Franklin D. Roosevelt Dies
President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies of a cerebral hemorrhage, and Vice President Harry S. Truman takes over. -
Victory in Europe Day
Germany surrenders to the Allied Powers -
Bombing of Hiroshima
An American B-29 bomber dropped the first atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. -
Bombing of Nagasaki
An American B-29 bomber dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Nagasaki. -
The Soviet Union invades Manchuria
The Soviet Union declares war on Japan, and invades Manchuria -
End of World War II
Japan finally surrenders aboard the USS Missouri, marking the end of World War II
