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Benito Mussolini became Prime Minister of Italy.
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Adolf Hitler becomes the Chancellor of Germany.
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German troops invade Rhineland, a violation of the Treaty of Versailles.
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The war between Nationalists and Republicans in Spain begins.
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Germany takes over Austria as an addition to their territory.
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Hitler promised not to invade Czeechoslovakia if Britain and France woud give him Sudetenland.
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Germany defies their agreement with Britain and France and took over Czechoslovakia.
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Britain and France decide to defend Poland if Germany were to invade.
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The war between Nationalists and Republicans in Spain ends with the Nationalists' success.
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Hitler and Mussolini sign an alliance for political and military support.
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A treaty was signed between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agreeing to have no agression between the two.
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Germany invades Poland.
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War is declared on Germany by Britain and France, and war is declared on Britain and France by Germany and Italy.
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Japan, Italy, and Germany sign the "Tripartite Pact".
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This act was enforced to defend America in the war.
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Germany attacks the Soviet Union.
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Japan attacks Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, USA.
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General MacArthur's air force was attacked by the Japanese army in the Phillipines and Japan took over the area.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt orders General Douglas Macarthur to flee to Australia.
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Japanese force their prisoners of war to march to a railroad. The few surviving were sent to other prison camps.
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This battle stopped the Japanese army from invading Australia.
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Americans and Filipinos surrender to the Japanese in the Philipines.
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The US defeated the Japanese in this battle that mainly took place in the air.
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Germany attacks Stalingrad.
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American and British troops land in Morocco, under the orders of Dwight Eisenhower.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet in Casablanca to discuss an agreement on gaining the defeat of the Axis powers in Europe before focussing on the Pacific Ocean.
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Germany surrenders to th Soviet army.
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After the US invasion, Japan declares Guadacanal abandoned.
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America invades Sicily, Italy, overthrowing Mussolini 38 days later.
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Italians turn against Hitler and Mussolini, which starts the war in Italy.
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American and German troops fight in a 4 month battle in Anzio.
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Hedeki becomes the Japanese "military czar".
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Allied forces invade Western Europe.
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Germany goes to Belgium and Luxembourg to attack American troops located there.
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France, Britain, and the US leaders met in Crimea to discuss what would happen to the world post-war. They decided to split Germany's land, including Berlin.
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The US took over the island in one of the bloodiest battles in WWII.
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The Battle of Okinawa was the bloodiest battle of the Pacific war.
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Germany was defeated in the Battle of the Bulge and eventually surrendered to the world.
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The US dropped a bomb on Japanese city Hiroshima, destroying most of the town and killing many citizens.
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USSR joins the war fighting against Japan.
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The US and British bombed Nagasaki to gain surrender from the Japanese.
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The Japanese sign a document agreeing to surrender.
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