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Anschluss
Unification of Austria and Germany
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Munich Conference
GB and France give Hitler Sudetenland
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Nonagression Pact
Germany and USSR agree not to fight
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Germany invades Poland
Start of WWII
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Battle of Britian
3 month bombing of Great Britian
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Miracle at Dunkirk
338,000 troops escaped German captured
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Paris Captured
France surrendered to Germany
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Germany invades USSR
Violates Nonaggression Treaty
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Pearl Harbor
Japan's Unprovoked Attack on U.S.
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U.S. Declares War on Japan
FDR makes a speech to Congress, "...a date that will live in infamy"
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Germany Declares War on U.S.
Hitler allied with Japan and they hoped for help against the USSR
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Doolittle Raid
American bombs falls in Japan for the first time
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Battle of Midway
Turning in war with Japan
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Kasserine Pass
First U.S. Battle against Germany (Bad Loss)
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Battle of Stalingrad
10-month battle ends; turning point in war
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Battle of Bulge
Last German Offense- Allies Win
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MacArthur Returns to Philippines
Famous speech "I Have Returned"
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Rome Falls
Italy surrendered and Mussolini is executed
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D-Day
Allies land in Normandy Liberation of France
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Iwo Jima
Captured by U.S.; Marienes raised flag
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V-E-Day
WWII ends in Europe
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Atomic Bomb Dropped
Dropped: over 120,000 die at Hiroshima
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V-J-Day
WWII ends in Japan
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