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Hitler becomes chancellor
On this day in 1933, President Paul von Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler, leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party ), as chancellor of Germany.
Info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adolf-hitler-is-named-chancellor-of-germany
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first concentration camps
Dachau was the first concentration camp created. It was made to burn the jews.
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Germany invades Poland
Germany invaded Poland and started war in Europe.
info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-invades-poland
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Churchill becomes leader
Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, is called to replace Neville Chamberlain as British prime minister following the latter’s resignation after losing a confidence vote in the House of Commons.
info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/churchill-becomes-prime-minister
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Italy enters war
in 1940, after withholding formal allegiance to either side in the battle between Germany and the Allies, Benito Mussolini, dictator of Italy, declares war on France and Great Britain.
Info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/italy-declares-war-on-france-and-great-britain
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Battle of Britain
German and British air forces clashed in the skies over the United Kingdom.
Link: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-britain
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The non-aggression act is broken
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Pearl Harbor is hit
The Japanese bombed the American harbor
Link: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor
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Bataan death march
the Japanese forced 76,000 captured Allied soldiers (Filipinos and Americans) to march about 80 miles across the Bataan Peninsula.
Info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bataan-death-marchphoto: https://www.britannica.com/event/Bataan-Death-March -
Battle of coral sea
On the fourth day of WWII, the first air and sea war had begun.
info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-coral-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 decisive naval battles of World War II.
Info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway
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battle of stalingrad
Greatest battle of their Great Patriotic War, and most historians consider it to be the greatest battle of the entire conflict. It stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union and marked the turning of the tide of war in favor of the Allies. info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-stalingrad picture: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-stalingra -
Italy surrenders
Gen. Dwight Eisenhower publicly announces the surrender of Italy to the Allies. Germany reacted with Operation Axis, the Allies with Operation Avalanche.
info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/italian-surrender-is-announced
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d-day
The Battle of Normandy, which lasted from June 1944 to August 1944, resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s control.
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Liberation of Paris
After more than four years of Nazi occupation, Paris is liberated by the French 2nd Armored Division and the U.S. 4th Infantry Division.
info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/paris-liberated
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Battle of the bulge
Adolph Hitler attempted to split the Allied armies in northwest Europe by means of a surprise blitzkrieg thrust through the Ardennes to Antwerp. Caught off-guard, American units fought desperate battles to stem the German advance at St.-Vith, Elsenborn Ridge, Houffalize and Bastogne.
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battle of iwo Jima
the American amphibious invasion of Iwo Jima during World War II stemmed from the need for a base near the Japanese coast.
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Atomic bomb one
an American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
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Atomic bomb 2
a second B-29 dropped another A-bomb on Nagasaki, killing an estimated 40,000 people.
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Death of FDR
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt passes away after four momentous terms in office, leaving Vice President Harry S. Truman in charge of a country still fighting the Second World War and in possession of a weapon of unprecedented and terrifying power.
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Death of Hitler
Adolf Hitler, dictator of Germany, burrowed away in a refurbished air-raid shelter, consumes a cyanide capsule, then shoots himself with a pistol.
photo and info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adolf-hitler-commits-suicide-in-his-underground-bunker -
Germany surrenders
The German High Command, in the person of General Alfred Jodl, signs the unconditional surrender of all German forces, East and West, at Reims, in northwestern France.
Photo and info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-surrenders-unconditionally-to-the-allies-at-reims -
Japan surrenders
Aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Japan formally surrenders to the Allies, bringing an end to World War II.
photo and info: http://www.history.com/search?q=japan%20surrenders
