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Hitler attacks Poland
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Winston Churchill becomes UK Prime Minister
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Italy joins war as Axis member
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Germany, Italy, and Japan create the Axis alliance
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Pearl Harbor
- Surprise attack by the Japanese
- Attack happened in the span of 110 minutes, 7:55 am to 9:45 am
- 2,335 U.S. troops were killed, 1,143 were wounded
- 68 civillians were killed, 35 were wounded
- This attack brought the US into WWII
- The Japanese planned for this 11 months earlier
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Allies invade and take Sicily
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Italy surrenders to Allies
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Battle of the Bulge
- From December 16th, 1944 to January 16, 1945.
- Took place in The Ardennes, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany.
- Allies victory.
- 80,000 allied troops, 200,000 german troops.
- Battle that decided who won the war.
- depleted a weakened German army by a lot.
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Germany surrenders to Allies
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US bombs Hiroshima
- 90,000 to 166,000 killed in Hiroshima
- "Little Boy" was the name of the atomic bomb
- The bomb took $2 billion dollars of research
- 70,000 died immediately while about 70,000 died within five years due to radiation.
- First time an atomic bomb has been dropped from an airplane
