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Japan invades Manchuria in September of 1931
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Hitler creates the Enabling Act, giving him dictatorial power in Germany
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Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles
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Hitler and Mussolini signed a pact, making them in a military alliance
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Germany signs pacts that states they are in a military alliance with Italy and Japan
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Japan storms China, taking the capital.
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Austria becomes a part of Germany under Hitler's Reich.
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Hitler invades Poland, taking control, adding it the the Reich.
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After the Poland invasion, Britain and France declare war on Germany.
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Germany launches an attack on military and civilian cities, dropping bombs from planes
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France loses the battle of France, losing control, added to the Reich
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Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, forcing the U.S. to enter the war.
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Japan was defeated by U.S. at the Battle of Midway Island
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This is when the Battle of Stalingrad started. It started with Hitler invading Russia
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Hitler's troops are defeated by Russia due to the weather.
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The Soviets were able to get one final victory over Germany at the battle of Kursk
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Allied forces attack Italy, starting in September of 1944. They did not liberate the capital, rome, until may second.
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Allied forces invade France through Normandy beach
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The Allied forces win at the Battle of Paris, giving control back to Paris from Germany.
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After Germany is invaded, Hitler hides out in an underground bunker, and commits suicide. Around the same time, Mussolini is shot by his former supporters in Italy.
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Known as the Battle of Berlin, Soviets invade Germany on April 16th and defeat the Germans on May second.
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After the death of their leader, Adolf Hitler, Germany has no choice but to surrender.
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America drops the first ever atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima in Japan, causing mass destruction. Japan still refused to surrender.
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Since Japan would not surrender, America dropped the second and final bomb on Nagasaki, forcing Japan into surrender.
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After two nuclear attacks, Japan is forced to surrender, ending World War Two.
