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Anchluss
Unification of Germany and Austria
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Munich Conference
GB and France give Hitler Sudetenland
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Miracle at Dunkirk
338,000 troops escape German capture
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Non Aggression Pact
Germany and USSR agree to not fight
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Germany invades Poland
Start of WWII
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Paris Captured France
France surrenders to Germany
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Battle of Britain
3 month bombing if Great Britain
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Battle of Midway
Turning point in war with Japan
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U.S. declares war on Japan
FDR makes a speech to Congress "..a date that will in infamy"
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Germany invades USSR
Violates Nonaggression Treaty
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Pearl Harbor
Japan unprovoked attack of U.S.
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Germany declares war on U.S.
Hitler allied with Japan and they hoped for help against USSR
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Doolittle Raid
American bombs fall in Japan for the first time
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Battle of Stalingrad
10 month battle ends; turning point in war
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MacArthur Returns to Philiphines
Famous speech "I have returned"
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D-Day
Allies land in Normandy - Liberation of France
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Kasserine Pass
First US battle against Germany (Bad Loss)
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Rome Falls
Italy surrendered and Mussolini is executed
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Battle of the Bulge
Last German Offense - Allies Win
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Atomic Bombs dropped
Over 120,000 die at Hiroshima
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V-J-Day
WWII ends in Japan
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Iwo Jima
Island captured by US: Marines raise flag
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V-E-Day
WWII ends in Europe
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