WW2

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  • WW2

    1933 January 30 - Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany. His Nazi Party, or the Third Reich, takes power and Hitler is essentially the dictator of Germany.

  • Start of War

    1939 September 1 - Germany invades Poland. World War II begins.
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    Bginning and End Of WW2

  • Germany

    1940 May 10 to June 22 - Germany uses quick strikes called blitzkrieg, meaning lightning war, to take over much of western Europe including the Netherlands, Belgium, and northern France.

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    1940 July 10 - Germany launches an air attack on Great Britain. These attacks last until the end of October and are known as the Battle of Britain.

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    1941 December 7 - The Japanese attack the US Navy in Pearl Harbor. The next day the US enters World War II on the side of the Allies.

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    1943 September 3 - Italy surrenders to the Allies, however Germany helps Mussolini to escape and set up a government in Northern Italy.

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    1944 December 16 - The Germans launch a large attack in the Battle of the Bulge. They lose to the Allies sealing the fate of the German army.

  • Adolf Hitler

    1945 April 30 - Adolf Hitler commits suicide as he knows Germany has lost the war.

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    1945 May 7 - Germany surrenders to the Allies.

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    1945 August 6 - The United States drops the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. The city is devastated.

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    1945 August 9 - Another atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.

  • End of War

    1945 September 2 - Japan surrenders to US General Douglass MacArthur and the Allies.

  • WW2 Timeline

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