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Hutler wanted to unify all German speaking people. He annexed Austria and wanted to liberate the German people from Czechoslovakia
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Despite assurances given by hitler in the treaty of Munich he invaded Czechoslovakia
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Hitler, Chamberlain, Daladier of France, and Mussolini agreed Hitler should have the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia.
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Britain began rearming and had a secret radar.
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Hitler and stalin signed a non aggression pact which divided Poland.
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Months following Britains declaration of war on Germany
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Occupied Denmark and Norway, also broke the British naval blockade on Germany.
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Italian forces in North Africa were routed by the British led by General Wavell
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Lighting war against Holland and Belgium. Hitlers fast battle tactic
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He fully supports Churchill
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380k retreating soldiers were saved from the german army pinning them to the coast
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Italy hopes to get rich from winning the war
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The pact of mutual alliance was signed by Germany, Italy, and Japan
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Italian forces in North Africa were routed by the British led by General Wavell.
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Hitler sent 3 mil soldiers and 3500 tanks into russia. Broke peace with Russians never alerted them that they were gonna attack them.
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Japapese attack pearl harbor hawaii, an american naval base and kill over 3k americans
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Britain and the United States declared war on Japan
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General Alexander was given a hand written directive from Churchill that his main directive was to be the destruction of the German-Italian army commanded by Field-Marshall Rommel together with all its supplies ands establishments in Egypt and Libya. As soon as sufficient material had been built up. Alexander handed the campaign over to general montgomery
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The USA defeated the Japanese navy at the battle of midway. Following this victory, the US navy was able to push the Japanese back
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The Russians won their first victory against Germany at the battle of Stalingrad
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British and American forces under the command of General dwight Eisenhower landed in the NW of Africa and assumed control of French Morocco and Algeria. They gradually closed in on the Germans
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Montgomery attacked the German-Italian army in North Africa with a massive bombardment followed by an armored attack. He then proceeded to chase the routed enemy some 1500 miles across the desert
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The allied troops had won the island of Sicily
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Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchhill met to co-ordinate plans for a simultaneous squeeze on Germany. They also discussed post war settlements. Churchill mistrusted Stalin; Roosevelt anxious to show that the West would not stand against Russia, went along with Stalins wishes for a second front in France and no diversions further east. Churchill was over-ruled and the fate of post-war Eastern Europe was thus decided
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The british and American forces managed to defeat the Axis forces in North Africa
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Mussolini had been thrown out of office and the new government of Italy surrendered to the British and the USA. They then agreed to join the allies. The Germans took control of the Italian army, freed Mussolini from imprisonment and set him up as head of a puppet government in Northern Italy. This blocked any further allied advance through Italy.
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Mussolini had been thrown out of office and the new government of Italy surrendered to the British and the USA. They then agreed to join the allies. the germans took control of the Italian army, freed Mussolini from imprisonment and set him up as head of a puppet government in Northern Italy. This blocked any further allied advance through Italy
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Although Italy had surrendered in September, it was only now that the allies were able to liberate Rome from the Germans.
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British forces under General Slim, with help from guerilla-fighting Chindits led by Orde Wingate, evicted the Japanese from Burma
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Germany launched its final defensive through the Ardennes region of Belgium. However they were beaten back by the allies.
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The siege of Leningrad was lifted by the soviet army.
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The allies launched an attack on Germanys forces in Normandy, Western France. Thousands of transports carried an invasion army under the supreme command of general Eisenhower to the Normandy beaches. The Germans who had been fed false information about a landing near Calais, rushed troops to the area but were unable to prevent the allies from forming a solid bridgehead. For the allies it was essential to first capture a port.
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The French capital of Paris was liberated from the Germans
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V2 bombs killed 3 people in London
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President Roosevelt died. He was succeeded by President Truman
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The Russians reached Berlin shortly before the US forces
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The allies crossed the Rhine while Soviet forces were approaching Berlin from the East
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Italian partisans captured Mussolini and executed him
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The German leader, Adolf Hitler committed suicide in his bombproof shelter together with his mistress, Eva Braun, who he had, at the last minute, made his wife.
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German forces in Italy surrendered to the Allies
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Victory in Europe was celebrated
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The Japanese generals refused to surrender. The US dropped an atomic bomb on the Island of Hiroshima
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The Japanese unconditionally surrender
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