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Hitler annexes Germany and Austria, unifying all German speaking people in Europe. He also demanded that the Czech-Germans should be united.
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Germany, Britain, Italy, and France meet and discuss a treaty. End result is Hitler's control of part of Czechoslovakia.
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Hitler goes against treaty and takes over all of Czechoslovakia
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Britain begins preparing for a possible war. Also sets up radar system. Gives assurance to Poland who was about to be taken over.
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Hitler and Russia sign non- aggression act which also includes the downfall and dividing of Poland between the two countries.
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Hitler invades Poland
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Britain and France declare war on Germany and Chamberlain broadcasts the announcement of war to the world
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time where Britain had no military action against Germany
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Hitler invades Denmark and Norway giving them an escape from the British Naval Blockade
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Hitler attacks Holland and Belgium and takes them over
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Chamberlain resigns after pressure to get more into the war. Winston Churchill takes over as leader. Lord Beaverbrook- Air force production. Ernest Bevin- Coal production
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British troops surrounded on the coast at Dunkirk. All British ships head across the channel to save troops. 338,000 British troops and 140,000 French troops rescued
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Italy enters the war on the Axis power side in hopes of getting rich of off the victory.
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The French sign treaty with Germany, taking them out of war and into the hands of Germany.
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Alliance between Italy, Germany, and Japan
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Hitler uses the Luftwaffe to attack British ports. London was heavily bombed. Royal Air Force successfully defends Britain and attacks stop
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General Wavell, of Britain, pushes Italy North
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German and Italian troops attack Yugoslavia, Greece and the Island of Crete. German field Marshall Erwin Rommel led the Axis back into Africa.
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Hitler sent 3 million soldiers and 3,500 tanks into Russia. This surprised the Russians who immediately signed a treaty with Great Britain and started the war on the Eastern Front which would lead to 20 million casualties.
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The Japanese attacked the American Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
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Britain and the US declare war on Japan
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Japan takes Singapore from the British, taking 60,000 prisoners.
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US defeats Japanese navy at Midway. US pushes Japanese back.
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General Alexander built of the African force and then gave it over to General Montgomery to attack the German- Italian army
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Montgomery attacked the German- Italian army in North Africa with a massive bombardment and attack that was successful.
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The Russians won their first victory against Germany at the Battle of Stalingrad.
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British and American forces under General Dwight Eisenhower landed in the NW of Africa and assumed control of French Morocco and Algeria, closing in on the Germans.
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British and American forces defeat the Axis in Africa.
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British and US forces invade Sicily.
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Allies finally win over the Island of Sicily
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Mussolini gets kicked out of his own country. The New government surrenders to the Allies and then becomes part of the effort. Germany takes over Italian army and puts Mussolini in charge of northern Italy.
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Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill meet and decide to squeeze Germany. Roosevelt sides with Stalin for a two front plan in France.
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the siege of Leningrad was lifted by the Soviet army.
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Allies finally liberate Rome from the Germans.
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Giant Allied invasion of Normandy France. The Allies were successful and took over a port in France.
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British forces under General Slim evicted the Japanese from Burma.
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The French capital of Paris was liberated from the Germans.
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V2 bombs kill 3 people in London.
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Germans launch final attack in Belgium, but are beaten by the Allies.
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Allies cross the Rhine river while Soviets close in on Berlin from the east.
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President Roosevelt dies and is succeeded by President Truman.
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Russia reaches Berlin before US forces.
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Italy catches Mussolini and executes him.
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Hitler kills himself in a bombproof shelter with his brand new wife, Eva Braun.
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German forces surrender to the Allies in Italy.
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German forces surrender in North West Germany, Holland, and Denmark, to General Montgomery at Luneburg Heath. Admiral Donitz becomes ruler of Germany and tries to negotiate treaty with Britain and US, but still fight Russia.
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Admiral Donitz surrenders unconditionally to the Allies.
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victory in Europe celebrated.
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Churchill loses election 393 to 213 to Clement Atlee's Labor Party. The victory was assumed because veterans did not want to come back to the same living conditions as before.
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after Japan refuses to surrender, the US dropped an Atomic bomb on the island of Hiroshima.
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Russia declares war on japan and takes over Japanese- controlled Manchuria
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After Japan doesn't surrender to the first atomic bomb, a second is dropped on the Island of Nagasaki.
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The Japanese unconditionally surrender to the Allies ending the Second World War.
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US General, Douglas MacArthur, accepted Japan's surrender, thus formally ending the Second World War.