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Stalin comes to power
Stalin comes to power despite Leon Trotsky being the next in line after Lenin. -
Mussolini comes to power
Mussolini transformed Italy from a democracy to a dictatorship with himself as the leader. -
Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
Hitler seizes power by becoming Chancellor of Germany. -
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The Holocaust
The Holocaust was part of Hitler's "Final Solution" and was the attempted Genocide of the Jewish people and the Jewish culture. In my opinion the Holocaust was the greatest atrocity committed by the Nazis. -
Munich Pact
The prime ministers of France and Britain sign a pact with Hitler allowing him to take part of Czechoslovakia in the hopes of avoiding war. -
The Evacuation of Dunkirk is Completed
The evacuation of Allied forces from Dunkirk by the British Navy and citizen watercraft comes to a close with more than 338,000 servicemen being saved. -
The Blitzkrieg Starts
The Blitzkrieg or lightning war begins in Britain. The Luftwaffe or German air force began bombing cities in Britain and citizens hid in places like the Tube for shelter from the bombing. -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese bombers attack ships that were docked in Pearl Harbor Hawaii -
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Japanese Internment
After Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 ordering that all Japanese Americans be relocated to internment camps. -
The Battle of Midway Starts
The battle between the United States and the Japanese Empire for the island of Midway begins. The United States who had broken the Japanese code learned of the attack and surprised the Japanese fleets. The United States won and pushed back the Japanese advance. -
Segregation of Japanese Americans in the Military Begins
On top of being relocated, the Japanese Americans that were serving in the military were forced to serve in different units that white Americans. -
D-Day
The Allied liberation of France begins at Normandy. There were many casualties in the attempt to secure 5 beachheads on the coast of France. -
V-E Day
German forces surrender, and the official end comes to the war in Europe. -
The United States Drops an Atomic Bomb on Japan
The United States, hoping to end the war with Japan without having to invade the Japanese mainland, drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. It is the first use on the atomic bomb in a war. -
V-J Day
After two Japanese cities were bombed with atomic bombs they formally surrendered aboard the USS Missouri.
