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hitler becomes chancellor of Germany
President Paul von Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler, leader of the (or Nazi Party as chancellor of Germany
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Axis powers break Non-aggression pact
shortly before World War II broke out in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union surprised the world by signing the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact
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Germany invades Poland -WW2 Begins
A Warsaw radio commentator describes Germany's invasion of Poland. Despite a non-aggression pact between the two countries,
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Winton Churchill becomes leader of British government
replace Neville Chamberlain as British prime minister following the latter’s resignation.
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Italy enters war
Force Germany to divert some divisions from the Russian front and other German divisions from northern Francehttp://www.historynet.com/italy-in-world-war-ii.htm -
Battle of Britain
Germans start bombing raids against great Britain and it lasted for 3 ands a half months.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-battle-of-britain-begins -
attack on pearl harbor
hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American navy base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii
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bataan death march
U.S. surrender of the Bataan Peninsula on the main Philippine island to the Japanese during World War IIhttp://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bataan-death-march -
battle of coral sea
first air-sea battle in history and lead the role was played by aircraft launched from ships at sea.
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battle of midway
Six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States defeated Japan in one of the most hardest navy battles of World War II.http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway -
battle of stalingrad
was the successful Soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad in the U.S.S.R. during World War II
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italy surrenders to allies
Gen. Dwight Eisenhower publicly announces the surrender of Italy to the Allies.
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D-Day
Allied liberation of western Europe from nazi Germany control.(The beginning of ending the war.
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1st liberation concentration camps
As Allied troops move across Europe, they witness the horror of millions of prisoners in Nazi camps.http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/the-holocaust/videos/concentration-camp-liberation -
liberation of Paris
French General Jacques Leclerc enters the free French capital. German intransigence remained, but Paris was free from German control.http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/liberation-of-paris -
battle of bulge
Adolph Hitler attempted to split the Allied armies in northwest Europe by means of a surprise blitzkrieg
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battle of iwo jima
The American amphibious invasion of Iwo Jima during World War II http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima -
Death of FDR
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt passes away after four terms in office and leaving Vice President Harry Truman in chargehttp://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-dies -
Death of hitler
Adolf Hitler, dictator of Germany, consumes a cyanide capsule, then shoots himself with a pistol.
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germany surrenders
German High Command General Alfred Jodl, signs the unconditional surrender of all German forceshttp://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-surrenders-unconditionally-to-the-allies-at-reims -
Atomic bomb #1
the Manhattan Project comes to create an explosive end as the first atom bomb is successfully tested in New Mexico.
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atomic bomb #2
bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
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japan surrenders
Japan formally surrenders to the Allies, bringing an end to World War II.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/japan-surrenders
