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Hitler is made Chancellor
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1936 Summer Olympics
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Anschluss
Germany annexed Austria -
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Germany's blitzkrieg takes western Europe
Germany's blitzkrieg take Denmark, Norway, Nethlerlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France. -
Lend-Lease Act
U.S. would "lend" military equipment to cash-strapped Britain. -
Germany invades Russia
Germany begins two-front war with invasion of Russia -
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor361 Japanese warplanes attack American airfields and shipyards -
Midway
Threat on Hawaii ended as four Japanese aircraft carriers are sunk -
Stalingrad
Germans surrender after fierce hand-to-hand fighting and huge casualties for each side. -
Italy surrenders
Italian troops quit fighting Allies, Germans continue in fierce fighting. -
D-Day
Allies use 4600 ships to invade German-held France. Suffering heavy casualites, the Allies were able to retake Paris in August. -
Russians take Berlin
Russians take German capital after house-to-house fighting. Hitler commits suicide. -
US retakes Philippines
Gen. MacArthur retakes the Philippines -
Bomb hits Hiroshima
180,000 killed, wounded, or missing after atomic bomb is dropped. Two days later Soviet Union enters war against Japan. -
Bomb hits Nagasaki
Second bomb is dropped after Japanese delay surrender. 80,000 killed or missing.
