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The Holocaust
The Nazi party and Hitler had attempted to all get rid of Jews within Europe. He had killed over 6 million Jews and even more people who were prisoners, people with disabilities, and people who were homosexual.
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Germany Invades Poland
Hitler invades Poland and an attack on France is made. France and Britain declare a war on Germany.
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Churchill Becomes Prime Minister
After Chamberlain signed the Munich Pact with Adolf Hitler, Hitler began his invasion of Poland. Following this invasion, Winston Churchill becomes prime minister.
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France Falls
France falls under Nazi power. Nazi's began to overrun most of Europe and North Africa. Britain was not defeated.
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Battle of Britain
German and British air-forces fought over the skies of the United Kingdom. The battle ended after Germany's Luftwaffe failed to get a hold of the Royal Airforce Base.
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Stalingrad
Four million troops went over to the Russian border. The Germans advanced into Russia which includes Moscow, Leningrad, and Stalingrad.
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Operation Barbarossa
Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union. This was due to the elimination of the communist threat to Germany.
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Pearl Harbor
Hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked on Honolulu, Hawaii. After the assault, America declared war on Japan.
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Singapore Falls to the Japanese.
Singapore was a British colony. Japan begins to invade Singapore, take prisoners, and kill many Allied soldiers.
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Battle of Midway
Japanese armies come to Southeast Asia, the Philippines and East Indies. It was the War of the Pacific. The Battle of Midway was a 4 day battle.
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Allies invade Sicily
The Allies decided to move against Italy. They wanted to remove the fascist regime from the war, divert the Germans from France, and secure the central Mediterranean.
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Italy Surrenders
Italy decided to stop all hostilities with the Allied Powers after the Invasion of Sicily. They kept the surrender a secret until the invasion was underway.
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Italy Declares War on Germany
Italy used to be on the Axis Powers with Germany until it surrendered to the Allies. Hitler made plans to invade Italy and enact on Operation Axis.
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D-Day
Allied troops were led into Normandy, France for an invasion. The armies began to fight their way through France and Belgium into Germany. Germany surrendered May 7, 1945.
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Battle of the Bulge
Hitler attempted to split the Allied armies into northwest Europe with a surprise blitzkrieg. The Germans were then neutralized despite the heavy disputes.
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Battle of Iwo Jima
Plan for America to win the war in the east. Destroyed Japan's merchant fleet from food-rich sectors. Japan's industrial base was bombed by the American airforce.
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FDR dies
During Franklin Delano Roosevelt's term in office, he dies from a cerebral hemorrhage. After his passing, Harry S. Truman comes into office.
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Harry S. Truman becomes president.
Truman had done a lot of things during his term. He made the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan, he helped rebuild Europe and contain communism in the US.
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Hiroshima
Japan decided to fight against the Allied powers even after the war. This led to one of the two bombings, Hiroshima. A total of 78,000 people were killed and 100,000 people were injured.
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Nagasaki
After the first bombing on Japan, the Allied Powers dropped another bomb. This bomb killed 40,000 more people.
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