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Signing of the Treaty of Versalles between Germany and the Allied powers.
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Germany quits the League of Nations with Adolf Hitler as their Chancellor and the Nazi Party as the only political party in Germany (On August 19, 1934 Hitler becomes Führer).
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Germany violates the Treaty of Versalles (By engaging in military enlistment).
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Fascist Italy invades and takes over Ethiopia.
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Kristallnacht, “night of broken glass” in Germany and Austria.
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Germany invades Poland.
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Britain and France declare war on Germany.
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Germany invades France, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
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Italy declares war on GB and France.
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Battle of Britain begins, an intense air battle between Germany and GB.
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Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact (Axis Pact) declaring an Alliance.
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Germany invades the Soviet Union, known as Operation Barbarossa.
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The Atlantic Conference begins between GB and the US, discussing the goals of the Allies.
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Japan bombs Pearl Harbor in Hawaii (US).
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The US declares War on Japan (and on the 11th the Axis alliance declares war on the US).
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Battle of Stalingrad. The war begins turning in favor of the Allies because Germany's entire Sixth Army is lost.
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The Allies invade North Africa.
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Known as “D-Day” this was when the allied troops of the US and GB landed in France (Normandy Beaches) initiating a “Second Front” (strategic combat) against the Germans (who occupied France during this time).
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The Allies liberate France from Germany.
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Germany unconditionally surrenders to the Allies in Europe.
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This day is Victory in Europe Day (V-E), celebrating the win for the Allies against the Axes.
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US drops the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan
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US drops a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan
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Japan surrenders and signs a surrendering agreement (formally). Ending the Second World War.
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A trial held against the 23 poeple accountable for the WWII disasters.
