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Hitler Becomes Chancellor of Germany
Between 1929 and 1932, support for the Communist and Nazi parties increased. The less extreme parties were blamed for causing Germany's problems. Hitler took this and the resent fall of Germany's past leader to rise to power.
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Germany invades Poland and WWII begins
1.5 million German troops invade Poland all along its 1,750-mile border with German-controlled territory. it was followed by German warships and U-boats attacked Polish naval forces in the Baltic Sea. This marked the official start of WW2 http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-invade-poland -
Winston Churchill becomes leader of British Government
in 1938 Churchill had become a critic of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's policy of appeasement toward the Nazis.
by 1940 Neville steped down. http://ww2today.com/10th-may-1940-churchill-becomes-prime-minister
http://www.biography.com/people/winston-churchill-9248164
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Italy enters WWII
Italy joined the War as a form of revenge from WWI against France on the axis side.
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Battle of Britain
in the summer of 1940 British and German air forces had large skirmishes in the skies of UK with the largest sustained bombing campaign to that date http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-britain
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Axis powers break non aggregation treaty
Th Germans attacked the soviets with an air strike. This officially broke the treaty http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/german-soviet-nonaggression-pact
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Pearl Harbor
Japanese fighter planes attacked an american navel base that was located on pearl harbor. they destroyed nearly 20 American naval vessels.
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor
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Bataan death March
on April 9 1942 America surrendered to Bataan and 75,000 Philippine and American troops were forced to march for 65 miles. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/albert-brown-oldest-survivor-world-war-ii-bataan-death-march-dies-105-article-1.949837
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battle of coral sea
This battle was a four day WW2 skirmish. The Japanese were seeking to control the Coral Sea with an invasion of Port Moresby in southeast New Guinea http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-coral-sea
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Battle of midway
Six months after Pearl Harbor, the United States defeated Japan. this happened because the US was able to decode Japanese messages and the United States was able to counter Japan’s planned ambush of its few remaining aircraft carriers http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway -
the battle of Stalingrad
During WW2. Russians consider it to be the greatest battle of their Great Patriotic War. It stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union http://dailynews.lk/2015/10/26/features/battle-stalingrad-turning-point-second-world-war
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Italy surenders
Gen. Dwight Eisenhower publicly announces the surrender of Italy to the Allies. shortly after fascism in Italy fell. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/italian-surrender-is-announced
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1st Liberation of death camp
As Allied troops moved across Europe against Nazi Germany, they began to encounter tens of thousands of concentration camp prisoners. they presumed to free the Jews and other POW https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005131 -
D day
D-day resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s control. 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of of France’s Normandy region
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day
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Liberation of Paris
French General Jacques Leclerc enters the free French capital triumphantly, Paris was free from German control. http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/libparis.htm
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Battle of Bulge
Adolph Hitler attempted to split the Allied armies in northwest Europe by blitzkrieg. American units fought desperate battles to stem the German advance at St.-Vith. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2075565/Vivid-new-Battle-Bulge-photos-offer-seen-look-war-weary-soldiers-braving-frigid-weather-fight-Nazi-Germanys-major-offensive-World-War-II.html
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Battle of Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima was defended by 23,000 Japanese troops, who fought from a network of caves. Despite the difficulty of the conditions, the marines wiped out the defending forces
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Death of Hitler
Hitler shot himself in his underground bunker.
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Germany surrenders
High Command, signed the unconditional surrender of both east and west forces in Reims, France. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/07/germany-surrenders-allies-date-nazis-wwii_n_3230901.html -
Atomic bomb 2
second atom bomb is dropped on Japan by the United States, at Nagasaki, resulting finally in Japan’s unconditional surrender. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/atomic-bomb-dropped-on-nagasaki http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/nagasaki-the-last-bomb -
Atomic bomb one
the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan which was a civilian populated area. the blast killed 80,000 http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki -
Japan Surrenders
Japan Surrenders after having 2 nuclear bombs dropped on it and the soviet union and the U.S preparing an invasion. http://historybuff.com/wwii-total-misrepresentation-japans-surrender-xb70DNvzDZWk
