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Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
Hitler became the Chancellor on January 30,1933. 37% Percent of the German people voted for Hitler. On this day Hitler became the strongest and most powerful politician. http://www.historytoday.com/richard-cavendish/hitler-becomes-german-chancellor -
Axis Powers break Non-Aggression Pact
Shortly before WWII Russia and Germany signed a pact to not break aggression where the 2 countries agreed not to fight w/ each other for 10 years. Stalin saw this as a opportunity to build up his army. Hitler also got something out of this he got to attack Poland without opposition. On March 15 1939 the pact was broken Germany attacked Czechoslovakia that invasion made Brits and the French think Hitler is not trustworty
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Hitler Invades Poland
German forces secretly attack Poland using bombs, tanks and artillery and so many people. When Hitler and Germany were attacking Poland they were spreading planning on the SS' assassination
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-invades-poland
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Churchill becomes prime minister
Churchill was a really good military leader and he was known for it. And on May 10 Hitler attacked the Netherlands, Holland, and Belgium.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/churchill-becomes-prime-minister
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/554789/Sir-Winston-Churchill-50-Facts -
Battle of Britain
In the summer and fall of 1940 Germans and Brits got into fighter jets and fought in the sky. This was a significant turning point of World War II. The war ended when the Germans failed to get air force superiority against the British
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Attack on Pearl Harbor
On the morning of December 7th 1941 Japanese fighter jets kamakazied into American Naval Forces killing 2000 people and wounding 1000 the Japanese took out 20 American naval vessels, 8 enormous battleships, and 300 airplanes.
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor
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Bataan Death March
U.S Surrender of the Bataan in Philippines on the Japanese island of Luzon 75,000 Filipino and American troops were forced to march 65 miles and most of them were treated harshly by Japanese troops and were also killed from heat or exhaustion.
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Battle of Coral Sea
This was a four day war. This was the first sea battle in history and the Japanese wanted to control the coral sea. The Japanese were interrupted by the allied forces. Even though both sides were affected the Japanese didn't have enough planes to damage the ground and have a ground attack
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Battle of Midway
June 4th, 1942 , Six months after pearl harbor America got revenge they defeated Japan in one of the strongest naval battles of WWII. Thanks to code breaking America broke Japans code and stopped their ambush this led American forces to move into an offensive position
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway -
Battle of Stalingrad
This was a successful defense of Stalingrad by the Soviet Union. The Russians call this one of their greatest battles. This battle was on of the bloodiest battles with about 2 million casualties
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-stalingrad
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Italian surrender is announced
Dwight Eisenhower former US president announced that Italy has surrendered to it allies. When this happened Hitler planned Operation Axis were he would attack Rome. And the Allies came up with Operation Avalanche.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/italian-surrender-is-announced
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Italy declares war on Germany
On Oct 13, 1943 Italy joined the Allie partners. Ever since Mussolini started losing power Hitler started his plan to attack Italy.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/italy-declares-war-on-germany
http://historicalguru.com/italy-declares-war-on-its-former-axis-partner-germany-10-13-1943 -
D-Day
156,000 American, British and Canadian troop were on five beaches that covered 50-mils of the coast of France’s Normandy region. This was on of the largest water/land invasion.
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Liberation of Paris
After more than four years of Nazi's staying in Paris, Paris was taken from the Nazi's. Hitler was mad so the Garrison was ordered to blow up all the land marks and burn the city and on August 26, 1944 Paris was free
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/paris-liberated -
Battle of Bulge
On this day Hitler wanted to split the Allies and surprise the others with a blitzkrieg. Hitler truly did Surprise troops he surprised the American troops and they fought desperately to stop the Germans
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1st Liberation of Concentration Camps
Allies were moving across Europe fighting against Nazi's they encountered some concentration camp with thousands of Jews and prisoners these prisoners were strong because they went through marches and starvation.
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Battle of Iwo Jima
The American Land/Sea Invasion stemmed from the need for a base next to the coast of Japan.The Japanese got there on February 1945 23,000 Japanese troops were there to Defend their land they fought using caves, dugouts and underground tunnels.
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Death of FDR
On this day former American President died after serving four terms leaving Truman as the new president leading through WWII. This also left Truman with the atomic bomb that he knew nothing about.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-dies
http://stuffnobodycaresabout.com/2015/04/12/70-years-ago-today-president-franklin-delano-roosevelt-dies/ -
Death of Hitler
On this huge day Hitler was in his underground bunker and he commit suicide by taking a acid pill then shooting himself. and then the reich collapsed.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adolf-hitler-commits-suicide-in-his-underground-bunker -
Germany Surrenders
May 7th, 1945 General Alfred Jodl signed a paper for Germany to surrender. At first General Alfred wanted to set limits so he can attack the West but he didn't because President Dwight Eisenhower Demanded him to completely surrender
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-surrenders-unconditionally-to-the-allies-at-reims
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/07/germany-surrenders-allies-date-nazis-wwii_n_3230901.html -
Atomic Bomb #1
This made America the first country to drop a atomic bomb when it dropped it on Hiroshima, Japan. The Americans warned the Japanese and told them if they don't surrender then things will happen and Japan didn't listen.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/atomic-bomb-dropped-on-hiroshima
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Atomic Bomb #2
The Second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan three days after the first atomic bomb. The first bomb wasn't enough to get the Japanese to surrender so they decided to drop another one. This killed 60 - 80 thousand people
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/atomic-bomb-dropped-on-nagasaki
https://history105.libraries.wsu.edu/fall2014/2014/08/29/the-birth-of-nuclear-weapons/ -
Japan Surrenders
Japan had a naval blockade and the economy of the country has crashed and at the end of June America took over a island called Okinawa . Japanese emperor surrendered on radio and he said “we have resolved to pave the way for a grand peace for all the generations to come by enduring the unendurable and suffering what is insufferable.” and the US immediately agreed to his truce
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/japan-surrenders
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