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Germany had formally surrendered and all nations had agreed to stop fighting while the terms of peace were negotiated.
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The Treaty of Versailles ends World War One and imposes heavy reparations payments on Germany.
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The Assembly of the League of Nations meets for the first time in Geneva, Switzerland. The US is notably absent, the Senate having voted against joining the League.
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Adolf Hitler and General Ludendorf, a World War One hero, lead a small contingent of followers in a harmless, comical attempt at rebellion, for which Hitler is imprisoned for two years.
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The Dawes Plan restructures the schedule of German reparations payments so as to reduce the amount of annual payments, and grants Germany a large loan.
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The last major League of Nations-sponsored disarmament conference meets from February to July 1932 at Geneva, with 60 nations in attendance, including the United States. However, this conference, like it's predecessors, fails to secure any agreement, and organized disarmament remains an unaccomplished goal.
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In an attempt to reel in the chaos of the German government, President Paul von Hindenburg declares Hitler chancellor, the first major step in Hitler's ascent to dictatorship.
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World War II begins when Nazi Germany invades Poland. France and Britain declare war on Germany.
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Nazi soldier Adolf Eichmann, one of Hitler’s commanders, begin the deportation of Jews (aka the Holocaust) from Austria and Czechoslovakia to send them into prisoner camps in Poland.
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Denmark surrenders on the day of the attack; Norway holds out until June 9.
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Hitler begins his Western offensive by sending his forces into Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg
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The Germans cross the French border
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Italy declares war on France and Great Britain
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Air war between Britain and Germany
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Japan extends its control over the whole of French Indochina.
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Germany invades the Soviet Union without declaring war. The Soviet Union joins the Allies in war against Germany. Hitler is now fighting a two-front war.
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Hundreds of Japanese warplanes, launched from aircraft carriers far out at sea, attack the American Pacific fleet anchored at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. USA declares war on Japan and joins Allied war effort.
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Nazi Germany and its Axis partners declare war on the United States.
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This war goes on until December 1942 (1 year)
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Battle between Japan and naval and air forces from USA and Australia.
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This is the first Japanese land defeat
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The Japanese advanced toward Kokoda village.
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German Field Marshal Friedrich von Paulus surrenders at Stalingrad. The war in the East has turned.
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Italy accepts Allied surrender terms. German troops move to take control of the country.
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The government of Italy declares war on its former Axis partner Germany and joins the battle on the side of the Allies.
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D-Day arrives, known as the greatest military invasion in history beginning with the Normandy Landings.
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Hitler names Admiral Karl Donitz to succeed him, then shoots himself in the mouth.
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Germany surrenders. The Reich that Hitler promised would last a thousand years had lasted less than a dozen.
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V-E Day is proclaimed as Victory in Europe is celebrated.
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40,000 men, women and children are obliterated in an instant. Despite the devastation, the Japanese still would not accept the Allied surrender terms.
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Approximately 22, 000 deaths.
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Japan accepts unconditional surrender terms.
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Japan formally surrenders, ending World War II.