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Adolph Hitler becomes the leader of the National Socialist
Hitler became the dictator of Germany. He was worse than Stalin. -
Nazi German troops march into the Sudetenland.
Without the support of their alleged allies, France and Britain, the Czechoslovakians are powerless against Adolf Hitler's army. -
Germany and the Soviet Union sign the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
Germany and the Soviet Union sign the •Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact -
Germany invades Poland, starting World War 2
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Britain and France declare war on Germany
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Battle of Atlantic
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Evacuation begins of Allied troops from Dunkirk, France
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Italy declares war on France and Great Britain
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Battle of Britain begins
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U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease bill
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Germany invades the Soviet Union
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The Japanese launch a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
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Roosevelt issues Executive Order 9066, which allows the internment of Japanese Americans
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Bataan Death march
the Filipinos & Americans surrendered to the Japanese, and the Japanese forced their prisoners to march 60 miles through the jungle. Nearly half of Americans died. -
The Battle of Midway begins
it was the turning point for American in the war, because they destroyed Japanese air forces, and they were able to decode a japanese message that they had a plan to sneek attack America. -
Mussolini resigns
He was dismissed as leader, when most of the allies had liberated Italy. -
D-Day
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Assassination attempt against Hitler fails
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Germany signs an unconditional surrender
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The United States drops the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan
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The United States drops a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan
