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Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany
Paul Von Heidenburg was intimidated by Hitler's popularity and refused to name him chancellor but the ex- chancellor convinced him.
info: http://www.historyinanhour.com/2010/01/30/hitler-becomes-chancellor/
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Axis powers break Non- Aggression Pact
After the start of WWII started, the Germans surprised the world with the signature of the Non- Aggression pact with the Soviet Union. In which they agreed not to take military actions against each other.
Info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/german-soviet-nonaggression-pact
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Germany invades Poland- WWII begins
Germany's Poland invasion led to the beginning of WWII because they bombed everything that the Polish had.
info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-invades-poland
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Winston Churchill becomes leader of British Government
Winston was called o replace Neville Chamberlain as British prime minister after resignation.He signed the Munich pact with Hitler giving him Czechoslovakia.
info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/churchill-becomes-prime-minister
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Italy enters war
On this day Germany joined an alliance with Japan. These countries recognized domination; Italian domination over the Mediterranean Sea and Japanese domination over East Asia and the Pacific. info: https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005177
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Battle of Britain
On this day Germany started attacking Britain from the coasts but after realizing Britain had strong air force, they started destroying their airfields.
pic:http://www.century-of-flight.net/new%20site/add_ons/frames/battle_of_britain.htm
info:http://www.ducksters.com/history/world_war_ii/battle_of_britain.php -
Attack on Pearl harbor
Hundreds of Japanese planes attacked the American naval base at pearl harbor. It only lasted two hours. But it was enormous, they destroyed a lot of things in the American military.
info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor
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Bataan death march
About 75,000 Filipino and American troops on Bataan were forced to walk 65- miles to their prison camps.
info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bataan-death-march
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Battle of Coral Sea
It was the first four day sea, air battle in history. The Japanese wanted to control the coral sea but they were opposed by their allies.
info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-coral-sea
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Battle of Midway
America defeated Japan in one of the most decisive naval battles of WWII.
info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway
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Battle Of Stalingard
It is the greatest battle in the Russian patriotic war. It stopped the Germans from going in the Soviet union. Nearly 2 million casualties that combined military and civilians.
info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-stalingrad
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Italy surrenders to allies
Dwight Eisenhower announced Italy's surrender to their allies which caused Germany's axis operations.
info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/italian-surrender-is-announced
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D- Day
The allies invade western Europe in the largest attack in history.
info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day
pic: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day -
First liberation of concentration camps
That's when the camp prisoners were liberated in the final stages of the war by Soviet soldiers.
info: https://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007724
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Liberation of Paris
After more than 4 years of invasion, Paris got liberated by the French and Americans.
info: http://survincity.com/2013/07/liberation-of-the-concentration-camps/
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Battle of Bulge
This is when Hitler wanted to split the allied armies in northwest Europe. As the Germans were going to do that, the allied army appeared and they fought.
info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-the-bulge
pic: http://usoonpatrol.org/archives/2011/01/07/knight-recalls-belgium-battle -
Battle of Iwo Jima
This is when the Americans had their first strike on the Japanese at Iwo Jima.
info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima
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Death of FDR
This is when FDR died and left Harry S. Truman in charge.
info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-dies
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Death of Hitler
This is when Hitler committed suicide in Berlin, Germany.
info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/adolf-hitler/videos/death-of-hitler
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Germany surrenders
On this day, Germany surrendered to the allies, ending the European conflict in the world.
info: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/07/germany-surrenders-allies-date-nazis-wwii_n_3230901.html
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Atomic bomb #1
This is when the first atomic bomb was dropped in Heroshima.
info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-first-atomic-bomb-test-is-successfully-exploded
pic: http://www.lovethesepics.com/2013/04/us-government-top-secret-town-manhattan-project-atomic-city-aka-oak-ridge-tn -
Atomic bomb #2
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Japan surrenders
This is when Japan surrendered to the allies and ended WWII.
info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/japan-surrenders
pic: https://www.emaze.com/@AWZLOQLR/WWII-timeline
