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Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
Hitler was named chancellor after the parliamentary elections of July and November 1932 had not resulted in the formation of a majority government -
Russia and Germany sign pact
Germany and the Soviet Union signed a non aggression pact. they did it because an agreement of convenience between two bitter enemies -
Treaty of Munich
The leaders of Britain, France, and Italy agreed to the German annexation of the Sudetenland in exchange for a pledge of peace from Hitler -
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Hitler invades Poland
German troops invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, triggering World War II. In response to German aggression -
Phoney War
The period was at the begging world war ll between September 1939 and April 1940 when there was little fighting. -
Blitzkrieg
Germany quickly overran much of Europe and was victorious for more than two years by relying on this new military tactic of Blitzkrieg -
Chamberlain resigns
Chamberlain resigned as Prime Minister -
Dunkirk
the evacuation from Dunkirk involved the rescue of more than 338,000 -
Operation Barbarossa
The German armies eventually captured some five million Soviet Red Army troop -
pearl harbour
Japan staged a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor decimating the US Pacific Fleet. -
Britain and US declare war on Japan
The government of the United Kingdom declared war on the Empire of Japan on 8 December 1941, following the Japanese attacks on British Malaya -
doolittle raiders
Most of them were tortured and executed for giving aid -
Battle of El Alamein
The Axis army of Italy and Germany suffered a decisive defeat by the British Eighth Army -
Allies invade North Africa
a demand for early action against the European members of the Axis -
Italy surrenders
Italian people got defended by Military -
D-Day in Normandy
brought together the land, air, and sea forces of the allied armies in what became known as the largest amphibious invasion in military history -
paris liberated
an uprising of the population against the Germans on 19 August made it necessary. -
German Anschluss of Austria
Austria was occupied by the Allies and proclaimed independence from Germany -
Japanese surrender
It was the deployment of a new and terrible weapon. the atomic bomb which forced the Japanese into a surrender -
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
The Japanese city of Hiroshima was devastated by the first bomb that was nickedname little boy in 1945. caused the deaths of an estimated 120,000 people within the first four days of the bomb.