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Adolf Hitler leader of National Socialist (Nazi) party.
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Hitler's book "Mein Kampf" published
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German's elect Nazis making them the 2nd largest political party in Germany
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Franklin Roosevelt elected president of the United States.
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The Nazi "Night of the Long Knives"
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Hitler violate the Treaty of Versalles by intrucing millitary conscription
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German troops occupy the Rhineland
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Mussolini's Italian forces take Ethiopia
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German troops occupy the Sudetenland; Czech government resigns.
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Kristallnacht - The Night of Broken Glass.
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Nazis and soviets sign the Nonagression pact.
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WW II begins with Germany invading Poland.
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Britain, France, Australia, NewZealand, declare war on Germany.
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The Japanese bomb an attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Next day President F.D.R, asks congress to war. -
D-Day landings on the northern coast of France.
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Adolf Hitler commits suicide
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The day The war ended. Victory in Europe.
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First atomic bomb, on Hirosima, Japan.
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Japanse sign the surrender agreement; V-J (Victory Over Japan) Day.
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Nuremberg war crimes trials begin.