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German Defeat
World War 1 ends with German Defeat. -
Hitler's Book is published "Mein Kampf"
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Stock Market on Wall Street crashes.
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German President Hindenburg dies.
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Fascist
Fascist Italy invades, conquers, and annexes Ethiopia. -
Mussolini's Italian forces take Ethiopia.
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Olympic games begin in Berlin.
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Anti-Comintern Pact
Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, directed against the Soviet Union and the international Communist movement. -
Fascist Italy invades and annexes Albania.
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Germans Invade Poland
Germans Invade Poland -
The U.S.
The United States publicly declares neutrality -
Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact.
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Churchill
Churchill again pleads with the US: "give us the tools." -
Bulgaria joins the Axis.
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Pearl Harbor
The bombing of Pearl Harbor. -
The Germans launch a massive tank offensive near Kursk in the Soviet Union. The Soviets blunt the attack within a week and begin an offensive initiative of their own.
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Soviet troops liberate Kiev.
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Normandy Landing
On June 6, 1944, more than 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline, to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower called the operation a crusade in which, “we will accept nothing less than full victory.” -
V-E Day
Victory in Europe Day. The formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. -
Japan Surrenders
The surrender of the Empire of Japan was announced by Japan on August 15 and formally signed on September 2, 1945.
