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Hitler’s emergence as chancellor on January 30, 1933, marked a crucial turning point for Germany and, ultimately, for the world. His plan, embraced by much of the German population, was to do away with politics and make Germany a powerful, unified one-party state. info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adolf-hitler-is-named-chancellor-of-germany.
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On March 15, 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Czechoslovakia, breaking the agreement it had signed with Great Britain and France the year before in Munich, Germany. The invasion jolted British and French leaders and convinced them that Adolf Hitler, the German chancellor, could not be trusted to honor his agreements and was likely to keep committing aggressions until stopped by force or a massive deterrent.
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Hitler sought the nonaggression pact in order to neutralize the possibility of a French-Polish military alliance against Germany before Germany had a chance to rearm. info:https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005070
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Churchill, who was known for his military leadership ability, was appointed British prime minister. He formed an all-party coalition and quickly won the popular support of Britons. info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/churchill-becomes-prime-minister.
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On June 17, 1940, the defeated French signed an armistice and quit World War II. Britain now stood alone against the power of Germany’s military forces, which had conquered most of Western Europe in less than two months. But Prime Minister Winston Churchill rallied his stubborn people and outmaneuvered those politicians who wanted to negotiate with Adolf Hitler. Info and pic: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-britain
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The Italian Ariete and Trento divisions made their debut in North Africa in February 1941 in conjunction with Rommel. The Ariete was composed of 6,949 men, 163 tanks, 36 field guns, 61 anti-tank guns and the Brescia infantry division. Rommel now had 100,000 Italians, 7,000 Italian trucks supplying munitions to the front, 1,000 Italian guns and 151 Italian aircraft under his command.
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December 7, 1941, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. The barrage lasted just two hours, but it was devastating: The Japanese managed to destroy nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight enormous battleships, and more than 300 airplanes. More than 2,000 Americans soldiers and sailors died in the attack, and another 1,000 were wounded.
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After the April 9, 1942, U.S. surrender of the Bataan Peninsula on the main Philippine island during War II , the approximately 75,000 Filipino and American troops on Bataan were forced to make an arduous 65-mile march to prison camps. The marchers made the trek in intense heat and were subjected to harsh treatment by Japanese guards. Thousands perished in what became known as the Bataan Death March. info and pic: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bataan-death-march
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This four-day World War II skirmish in May 1942 marked the first air-sea battle in history. The Japanese were seeking to control the Coral Sea with an invasion of Port Moresby in southeast New Guinea, but their plans were intercepted by Allied forces. When the Japanese landed in the area, they came under attack from the aircraft carrier planes of the American task force commanded by Rear Admiral Frank J. Fletcher. info and pic: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-coral-sea
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Six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States defeated Japan in one of the most decisive naval battles of World War II. Thanks in part to major advances in code breaking, the United States was able to preempt and counter Japan’s planned ambush of its few remaining aircraft carriers, inflicting permanent damage on the Japanese Navy.
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The Battle of Stalingrad , was the successful Soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad in the U.S.S.R. during World War II. Russians consider it to be the greatest battle of their Great Patriotic War, and most historians consider it to be the greatest battle of the entire conflict. It stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union and marked the turning of the tide of war in favor of the Allies. info and pic: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-stalingrad
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During World War II (, the Battle of Normandy, which lasted from 1944 to 1944, resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s control. Codenamed Operation Overlord, the battle began on June 6, 1944, also known as D-Day, when some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region. info and pic: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day
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On this day in 1943, Gen. Dwight Eisenhower publicly announces the surrender of Italy to the Allies. Germany reacted with Operation Axis, the Allies with Operation Avalanche. info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/italian-surrender-is-announced.
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Soviet soldiers were the first to liberate concentration camp prisoners in the final stages of the war. On July 23, 1944, they entered the Majdanek camp in Poland, and later overran several other killing centers. On January 27, 1945, they entered Auschwitz and there found hundreds of sick and exhausted prisoners. info and pic: https://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007724
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Paris is liberated by the French 2nd Armored Division and the U.S. 4th Infantry Division. German resistance was light, and General Dietrich von Choltitz, commander of the German garrison, defied an order by Adolf Hitler to blow up Paris’ landmarks and burn the city to the ground before its liberation. info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/paris-liberated,
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In December 1944, Adolph Hitler attempted to split the Allied armies in northwest Europe by means of a surprise blitzkrieg thrust through the Ardennes to Antwerp. Caught off-guard, American units fought desperate battles to stem the German advance at St.-Vith, Elsenborn Ridge, Houffalize and Bastogne. info and pic: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-the-bulge
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The American amphibious invasion of Iwo Jima during World War II stemmed from the need for a base near the Japanese coast. Following elaborate preparatory air and naval bombardment, three U.S. marine divisions landed on the island in February 1945. Iwo Jima was defended by roughly 23,000 Japanese army and navy troops, who fought from an elaborate network of caves, dugouts, tunnels and underground installations. info and pic: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima
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It was April 1945. The end of the war in Europe was in sight as the allied armies pressed their invasion into the German heartland. In Washington, President Roosevelt's health had noticeably deteriorated. info and pic: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/fdrdeath.htm
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No one really knows how hitler dies. but the main theory right now is suicide. info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adolf-hitler-commits-suicide-in-his-underground-bunker.
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On May 7, 1945, Germany signed an unconditional surrender at Allied headquarters in Reims, France, to take effect the following day, ending the European conflict of World War II info and pic:https://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/07/may-7-1945-nazi-germany-surrenders-in-world-war-ii/comment-page-1/
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On this day in 1945, at 5:29:45 a.m., the Manhattan Project comes to an explosive end as the first atom bomb is successfully tested in Alamogordo, New Mexico. info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-first-atomic-bomb-test-is-successfully-exploded.
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On August 6, 1945, during World War II , an American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people pic and info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki
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By the summer of 1945, the defeat of Japan was a foregone conclusion. The Japanese navy and air force were destroyed. info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/japan-surrenders
pic: https://www.stripes.com/news/special-reports/world-war-ii-the-final-chapter/wwii-victory-in-japan/would-japan-have-surrendered-without-the-atomic-bombings-1.360300#.WOVCbFN95xg
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