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Germany signed the Treaty of Versailles to officially end WWI.
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Hitler becomes the leader of the National Socialist Party also known as Nazi Party
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President Paul von Hindenburg name Hitler Chancellor of Germany.
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Adolf Hitler gains complete control of Germany as a dictatorship.
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The Nazis invade and take the country of Czechoslovakia.
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The German Nazis attack Poland upsetting Poland's allies.
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This was the start World War II.
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The Nazi army invades France and takes over a lot of their land.
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Japanese bombers bomb Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.
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In retaliation of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the U.S. and Britain declare war on Japan.
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After the U.S. declares war on Japan, Hitler declares war on the United States.
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Nazis begin to murder Jews in concentration camps beginning in Auschwitz.
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This event is known as D-Day. It was the beginning of the end to Hitler's terror.
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Paris, France is freed from German control.
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Hitler attempts to split up the Allied armies and launches the deadliest battle of the war.
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Hitler kills himself in his underground bunker ending his reign.
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(Victory in Europe) The day Nazi control in Europe was ended.
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The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.
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The United drops another atomic bomb on Japan, this time on the city of Nagasaki.
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(Victory over Japan day) Japan signs an agreement to surrender to the Allied forces and to officially end World War II.
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The major powers in the world decide to start the United Nations, an organization put in place to try to prevent future world wars.
