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Hitler finally becomes Chancellor of Germany after a long political rise. Hitler would soon make the Nazi Party the main political party of Germany; even though, it had only around 5% support among the German people.
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Germany hosts the 1936 Olympics. This provided Hitler with a showcase. He was able to show off his new country and his superior Aryan race.
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Germany diplomatically annexed Austria. (Anschluss)
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Western powers agree to allow German to annex Western Czechoslovakia. (Sudetenland)
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With this document Germany was now allied with Mussolini's Fascist Italy.
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Germany and The Soviet Union sign a 10 year non-aggression pact . This allowed Germany to attack Poland without Soviet interference. However, this would action would begin WW2
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Germany invades Poland henceforth starting WW2
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Within a months span between April 1940 and May 1940 Germany totally controls all of Norway and Denmark.
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France and its surrounding nations all fall to Hitler's might within a six week period
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Between July and October 1940 an air battle was raged over Britain with the intent of Germany establishing air dominance in the English Channel and Britain itself. Britain would succeed in defending its air superiority
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Aligns Germany, Italy, and Japan together.
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Germany, Italy, Hungary, and Bulgaria invade and dismember Yugoslavia. Yugoslavia surrenders on April 17.
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All members of the Axis (except Bulgaria) declare on the Soviet Union.
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Hitler declares his support for Japan by joining Japan's war against America
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Germany and her Axis partners launch a new offensive in the Soviet Union. German troops fight their way into Stalingrad on the Volga River by mid-September and penetrate deep into the Caucasus after securing the Crimean Peninsula.
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British troops defeat the Germans and Italians at El Alamein in Egypt, sending the Axis forces in chaotic retreat across Libya to the eastern border of Tunisia
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After the Soviets break through the Romanian and Hungarian lines they surround the German 6th Army. They later surrender on January 30th 1943
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Axis forces surrender to Allies in Tunisia ending the Axis presence in Africa.
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Germany launches a massive tank offensive near Kursk in the Soviet Union. Soviets successfully defend against attack and begin an offensive of their own into German territory.
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Soviet troops liberate Kiev, and continue to push into German territory
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Allied troops liberate Rome and surrounding area
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Allied forces successfully land on the Normandy beaches of France, opening a “Second Front” against the Germans.
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The Germans launch a final offensive in the west, known as the Battle of the Bulge, in an attempt to re-conquer Belgium and split the Allied forces along the German border. By January the Germans at in a full retreat
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The Soviets launch their final offensive, encircling Berlin.
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Hitler commits suicide in his underground bunker
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Germany surrenders and the war in Europe is over
