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Period: to
Holocaust
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Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
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Britain and France declare war on Germany
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Auschwitz Established
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The United States begins its first peacetime draft
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U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease bill
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The Bismarck is sun
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Atlantic Conference begins
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Germany and Italy declare war on the United States; then the United States declares war on Germany and Italy
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The Wannsee Conference
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First Battle of El Alamein begins
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Anne Frank and her family go into hiding
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The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins
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Mussolini resigns
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After 900 days, the Siege of Leningrad is finally over
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D-Day
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Assassination attempt against Hitler fails
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Anne Frank and her family are discovered and arrested
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Allies begin bombing Dresden
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Franklin D. Roosevelt dies
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Mussolini is hanged by Italian partisans