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Adolf rose to power
Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany. His Nazi Party, or the Third Reich, takes power and Hitler is essentially the dictator of Germany -
World war 2 begins
Germany invades Poland -
Declaration of war
France and Great Britain declared war on Germany -
Axis alliance
Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite pact -
Pearl Harbor
The Japanese attack the US Navy in Pearl Harbor. The next day the US enters World War II on the side of the Allies. -
The battle of Midway
The US Navy defeats the Japanese navy at the Battle of Midway. -
D-Day
D-day and the Normandy invasion. Allied forces invade France and push back the Germans -
Adolf Hitler death
Adolf Hitler commits suicide as he knows Germany has lost the war. -
Germany surrenders
Germany surrenders to the Allies. -
Atomic bomb #1
The United States drops the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. The city is devastated -
Atomic bomb #2
Another atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki, Japan. -
The end
Japan surrenders to US General Douglass MacArthur and the Allies
