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The first concentration camp (Dachau) opens.
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Hitler Became Chancellor of Germany.
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The Reichstag Election when the Nazi Party gained the majority of the Reichstag by joining the nationalist party.
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Hitler becomes Fuhrer.
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The Anti-Comintern Act is signed by Germany and Japan against international communists other than the Soviet Union.
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Germany annexes Austria.
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The Munich Pact was signed that handed over parts of Czechoslovakia to Germany.
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Kristallnacht or "The Night of Broken Glass."
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Slovakia became an "independent"country under German control.
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Germany and Soviet Union signed a Nonaggression Pact.
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Germany begins their invasion of Poland from the West.
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Great Britain and France declare war on Germany.
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Soviet troops invaded Poland from the East.
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Construction for Auschwitz began.
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Germany invaded Norway and Denmark.
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Germany enters Paris.
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The Germans start the blitzkrieg on London which lasts until May.
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Germany and Italy sign the Pact of Steel.
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Japan bombs the U.S. base on Pearl Harbor.
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The United States declares war on Japan.
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Italy joins the Allies in fighting the Germans in their country.
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The Invasion of Normandy.
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Soviet forces arrive at Auschwitz to find the sick and dead.
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The Battle Of Iwo Jima begins and ends March 26.
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The Battle of Okinawa begins and ends June 22.
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Germany surrenders to the Allies.
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The nuclear bombing of Hiroshima.
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The nuclear bombing of Nagasaki.
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General MacArthur accepts Japan's formal surrender.
