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World War I ends with German defeat
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League of Nations founded.
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Adolf Hitler becomes leader of National Socialist (Nazi) Party.
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Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany.
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Nazis order Jews to wear yellow stars.
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Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor
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United States and Britain declare war on Japan.
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Hitler declares war on the United States.
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Hitler takes complete control of the German Army.
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Declaration of the United Nations signed by 26 Allied natio
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Battle at Midway
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Mass murder of Jews by gassing begins at Auschwitz
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First all-American air attack in Europe.
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First bombing raid by Americans on Germany
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Saipan
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D-Day
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Anne Frank and family arrested by the Gestapo in Amsterdam, Holland.
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Liberation of Paris.
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Last use of gas chambers at Auschwitz.
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Battle of the Bulge Begins
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Battle of Bulge ends
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Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz.
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U.S. FOrces cross the rhine river
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Adolf Hitler commits suicide.
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eisenhower accepts unconditional surrender in reims
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V-E (Victory in Europe) Day.
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First atomic bomb dropped, on Hiroshima, Japan.
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Second atomic bomb dropped, on Nagasaki, Japan.
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V-J (Victory over Japan) Day.
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United Nations is born.