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Japan invades and takes over Manchuria.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected president of the United States.
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The Japanses Empire signs the anti communist pact along with Germany and many other countries.
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Germany uses the blitzkrieg tactic to invade Poland immediately after accusimg them of attacking Germany and using a dead criminal as proof.
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Britain and France declare war on Germany, They become allies.
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Germany takes control of Denmark and Norway.
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Germany attacks France through the Ardennes Forest. By the end of June, France surrenders to Germany.
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Japan becomes alliances with Germany and Italy.
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Hitler breaks the nonagression pact he has with Stalin and invades the Soviet Union.
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General Hideki Tojo takes over Japan.
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The Japanese raid Pearl Harbor and completely surprise Americans. 200 aircraft were completely destroyed while more were damaged and 2,500 Americans killed. This was a huge defeat for the US.
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Germany tried to stop Allied Powers and attcks the mainland of Italy. The Allies enter Rome in June and this is the first Axis capital to fall.
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Battle in World War II where the Allied Powers tried to over take the Germans and succeseed with many losses of life.
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Major battle in which the United States fought and captured the island from the Japanese Empire
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Churchill, FDR, and Stalin meet. The plan was to divide and occupy Germany. Stalin promised to hold elections in European countries after the war. Soviets will join war on Japan 3 months after German surrender.
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The battle of Okinawa was the deadlist battles in World War II between the Allied Powers and Japan
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The formal end of the war in Europe
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After warning the Japanese, the first atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima in Japan.
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When Japan still did not surrender after the bomb on Hiroshima, another atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki.
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Japan formally surrenders and signs the papers making it official.
