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Germany opens Dachau concetration camp
First concentration camp created by germans. -
German troops occupy Rhineland
Hittler violates the treaty of versailles, by sending german troops to Rhineland. -
Nazis take Czechoslovakia
Hittlers invasion of Czechoslovakia was the end of peace for the European country's. -
Mussolini's Italian forces take ethiopia
Mussolini invaded ethiopia, challenging the european armies sparking the beginning of the war. -
Nazis invade poland
One of Hittlers first major aggressions towards another country starting WWII. -
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WWII
The second world war -
German Blitzkrieg overwhelms Belgium, Holland, and France.
Bilitzrieg is a military tactic to scatter and confuse opposing troops. -
Hitler begins operation Barbarossa
Hitler sent his troops eastward in an evasion of the Soviet union. -
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
Japan boomed the us navy port in pear harbor Hawaii. Made Americ join the war. -
U.S.A enters the war.
U.S.A enters the war after the attack of pearl harbor. -
Singapore falls to the Japanese
The Japanese took Singapore as their own. -
American naval victory at battle of Midway
American navy attacks Japans navy and wins. -
US cracks Japanese codes
The U.S.A figures out Japanese naval codes which give them a huge advantage in the war. -
Surrender at Stalingrad
Diminishing resources and the cruelty of the Russian winter were what inevitably lead to the german surrender. -
Mass murder of Jewish people at Auschwitz begins
Many jews were killed in concentration camps and was very devastating. -
Normandy invasion
A big attack on normandy beach in France. Also know as D-day -
Paris is liberated
Paris was released from german control by military control. -
Big three Potsdam
For leader of the world to negotiate terms for the end of the war. -
Hiroshema
One of the sites for the dropping of the atomic bomb. What lead to the surrender of Japan in the war. -
Nagasaki
Along with Hiroshema, Nagasaki was the other atomic bomb that ended the war.