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Nazi Olympics
Officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in 1936 in Berlin, Nazi Germany -
Teaming Up
Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy form the Rome-Berlin Axis treaty. -
Invading
Japan invades China. -
It Begins
Germany invades Poland. World War II begins. -
Declaring
France and Great Britain declare war on Germany. -
New Leader
Winston Churchill becomes leader of the British government. -
Italy
Italy enters the war as a member of the Axis powers. -
Attacking
Germany launches an air attack on Great Britain. These attacks last until the end of October and are known as the Battle of Britain. -
Axis Allience
Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact creating the Axis Alliance. -
Attacking Back
Germany and the Axis Powers attack Russia with a huge force of over four million troops. -
Bombing
The Japanese attack the US Navy in Pearl Harbor. The next day the US enters World War II on the side of the Allies. -
Giving Up
Italy surrenders to the Allies, however Germany helps Mussolini to escape and set up a government in Northern Italy. -
D-Day
D-day and the Normandy invasion. Allied forces invade France and push back the Germans. -
Free
Paris is liberated from German control. -
Defeating
The Germans launch a large attack in the Battle of the Bulge. They lose to the Allies sealing the fate of the German army. -
President Down
US President Franklin Roosevelt dies. He is succeeded by President Harry Truman. -
Loosing it all
Adolf Hitler commits suicide as he knows Germany has lost the war -
Time to go
Germany surrenders to the Allies. -
Giving it back
The United States drops the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. The city is devastated. -
The Surrending
Japan surrenders to US General Douglass MacArthur and the Allies.