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Hitler named chancellor of germany
president paul von hidenburg names adolf hitler chancellor of germany -
germany invades poland
The invasion of Poland was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Slovak Republic, and the Soviet Union; which marked the beginning of World War II. -
france and england declare war on germany
in responce to hitlers invasion on poland france and england take the war to Germany -
evacuation from dunkirk
the evacuation from Dunkirk, involved the rescue of more than 338,000 British and French soldiers from the French port of Dunkirk between 26 May and 4 June 1940 -
paris falls to nazis
Paris fell to Nazi Germany on June 14, 1940, one month after the German Wehrmacht stormed into France. Eight days later, France signed an armistice with the Germans, and a puppet French state was set up with its capital at Vichy. -
pearl harbor attack
japan attacks pearl harbor surprisingly killing over 2000 Americans which will send America into ww2 -
american win at midway
The American success at Midway was a major victory over the Imperial Japanese Navy. All four Japanese carriers, Akagi, Hiryu, Kaga, and Soryu, had participated in the attack on Pearl Harbor. -
D-day
The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it was the largest seaborne invasion in history. -
president roosevelt dies at his retreat in warm springs , GA
Roosevelt dies at his retreat in warm springs and is transported back to Washington for a funeral -
atomic bomb is dropped on hiroshima
The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were the detonation of two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and 9 August 1945 in the United States.