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Adolf Hitler Is Appointed Chancellor of Germany
Rise of the Nazi state. -
Treaty of Munich
Hitler, Chamberlain, Daladier of France and Mussolini of Italy agreed that Hitler should have the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia. Treaty proclaimed "peace in our time" -
Nazi Germany and Soviet Union Sign a Nonaggression Agreement
Promise to not attack each other. Contained a secret protocol that provided partition for Poland and remaining eastern Europe into Soviet or Nazi Germany -
Nazi Germany Invade Poland
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Warsaw Surrenders
Warsaw was a major center for Jewish life and culture. About 30 percent of the city's total population was Jewish. During Germany's invasion on Poland, Warsaw suffered heavy air attacks and artillery bombardment thus forcing Warsaw to surrender. German authorities required Warsaw's Jews to identify themselves by wearing white armbands with a blue Star of David. -
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Germany Attacks Western Europe
Luxembourg is occupied on May 10, the Netherlands surrenders on May 14, and Belgium surrenders on May 28. On June 22, France signs an armistice agreement by which the Germans occupy the northern half of the country and the entire Atlantic coastline -
Battle of Dunkirk Began
Fought between the Allies and Nazi Germany. Lasted until June 4, 1940. -
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Battle of Britain
Britain defended themselves from air raids by the German air force (Luftwaffe). If the Luftwaffe had won over the RAF (Royal Air Force), Britain would have been under severe land attacks form Germany and their major ports would be taken over. However, the RAF blocked any possibility of invasion on Britain. -
German Blitz Begins
Blitzkrieg (air strikes) against Britain -- London was a target, including other major cities in London -
Seige of Leningrad
German forces begin their siege of Leningrad. known as the 900-Day Siege and resulted in the deaths of some one million of the city’s civilians and Red Army defenders. -
Japanese Planes Attack US Naval Base at Pearl Harbor
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Battle of Kursk
The Germans launch a massive tank offensive near Kursk in the Soviet Union. The Soviets held off the offensive before launching a counterattack. -
Normandy Landings
Also known as D-Day -
Paris is Liberated
Paris is liberated from the Germans -
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Battle of Iwo Jima
US Marine Corps captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army -
Hitler Commits Suicide
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Victory in Europe Day
Known as V-E Day. Nazi Germnay's surrender of its armed forces -
Bombing of Hiroshima
American Bomber dropped the world's first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Immediately 80,000 people died and tens of thousands of people would later die from effects of radiation. -
Bombing of Nagasaki
Three days after the bombing of Hiroshima America dropped another atomic bomb on Nagasaki. Killed about 40,000 people. Both bombs forced Emperor Hirohito to surrender from WWII -
Formal Surrender of Japan
Known as V-J Day. Took place aboard the U.S.S Missouri.
