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World War 2 Begins
Germany invaded Poland -
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World War 2
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Royal Air Force attacks the German Navy
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Untied States proclaims its neutrality
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Canada declares war on Germany
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Vladek returns to Sosnoweic
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Germans bomb Scapa Flow naval base near Scotland
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Germany invades Denmark and Norway
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Germany invades Romania
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Romania joins the Axis
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British forces arrive in Greece
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Allies invade Syria and Lebanon
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Instructions given by hitler and Goring to prepare for the Final Solution
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First experimental use of gas chambers at Auschwitz
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Attack on Pearl Harbor
Japanese attack United States in Hawaii and declare war on Britain and the United States -
First American forces arrive in Great Britain
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Surrender of all US forces on Pilippines
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Jews deported from the Warsaw Ghetto to concentration camps
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Vladek and his wife Anja go into hiding
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Italy declares war on Germany
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Elie transported to ghettos
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Elie was taken to Auschwitz
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German asassination attempt on Hitler fails
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Elie was transported to Buna
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Vladek and his wife Anja leave to Srodula ghetto
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Elie gets foot infection and is in hospital for 2 weeks
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Vladek marched from Auschwitz to Gross Rosen
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Vladek leaves Dachua and gets rescued by US army
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Elie was liberated
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President Roosevelt dies and Harry Truman becomes President
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War Ends