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Hitler invades Poland without declaring an official state of war.
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Britain and France honor their treaty with Poland, and declare war on Germany
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Germany attacks France, Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg. The Germans take over these countries in the matter of 6 weeks.
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Italy joins Germany as it's ally, and declares war on the Allies.
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France becomes controlled by the Germans. New government is formed and declares they are neutral in the war between Britain and Germany. But due to the armistice they have to cooperate with Germany.
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Despite opposition from isolationist Americans, Franklin D. Roosevelt lends help to Great Britain. Lend-lease is to provide supplies for allies during World War II, and would be paid for after the war had ended.
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German Plan to invade the Soviet Union.
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On December 7, 1942 at 7:55 a.m. Japan surprised attacked the American Pacific fleet which was stationed in Hawaii. 2,335 soldiers were killed at Pearl Harbor. Roosevelt called this day "a date which will live in infamy."
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The U.S. was outraged by the attack on Pearl Harbor, so they joined the war against the Axis Powers.
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Germany and Italy being allies with Japan, declare war against the U.S.
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President Franklin Roosevelt signed an order that authorized the War Department to create designated areas that were made to exclude anyone that the U.S. government felt was a danger to U.S. citizens. This order was mostly aimed at Japanese- Americans who lived along the West Coast.
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First time that Japan's navy has been defeated in 350 years. This would be a pivotal turning point in the War.
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Germany and the Soviet Union battle over control of the city of Stalingrad. Soviet victory.
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Allies defeat Axis Powers. And now North Africa is under Allied control.
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To stop the U.S. from continued bombing of Italy, Rome declares itself an open city.
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Italy is defeated by the Allies, and chooses to surrender
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Italy reenters the war a month after they surrendered to the Allies. But instead they are against Germany
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Allied stormed 5 beaches along the coast of France. Invasion was the largest amphibious military assault in history.
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After 4 weeks of fighting America declares that the island Saipan is secure. 16,525 Americans are killed, 30,000 Japanese soldiers are dead. American soldiers encounter civilians jumping off cliffs because they had been told the Americans would torture and kill them
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After 4 years of being occupied by the Nazis, France is finally free again.
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Last major offensive attack made by the Germans. The Germans were attempting to push Allied forces from Northern France to Belgium. It is called Battle of the Bulge because the Germans put a bulge into the American defensive line.
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Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill met to discuss Germany's unconditional surrender and plans for when the war ends. Part of deal was Russia would enter the war with Japan and allow free elections in Eastern Europe.
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Americans dropped bombs on the Germany city called Dresden. The incendiary bombs caused massive fires and destroyed the city
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American B-29s drop napalm bombs on Tokyo causing massive fires. 16 square miles of the city were destroyed by the fires the bombs caused.
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Invasion of Okinawa was last step for America towards invading Japan.When troops first landed ashore, they expected an onslaught of Japanese soldiers, but none were to be found. The Japanese had led them into a trap. Americans encountered Kamikaze's which were Japanese pilots who would commit suicide, their goal was to do as much damage as possible. When the Japanese realized they were losing, General Ushijima committed ceremonial suicide. America eventually captured Okinawa.
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When President Franklin was elected for his last term of office, he was very sickly and everyone knew that he might be alive by the end of his 4 years. Harry S. Truman would succeed him.
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The Russians entered Berlin, their goal was to capture Berlin. By the end of the battle (April 30) , Hitler was declared dead. He had committed suicide.
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Germany having been defeated and Adolf Hitler dead, they had no other choice but to surrender.
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Victory in Europe Day was the acceptance of the unconditional surrendering from Nazi Germany
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Japan is offered a deal from the Allies a chance to surrender before they set off the atomic bomb. But Japan simply ignores the deal
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The first Atomic Bomb called Little Boy is released on Hiroshima. The bomb on impact killed 80,000 people and tens of thousands of people would die from the effects of the radiation.
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The Japanese were not expecting the Soviet Union to attack them until the Spring of 1946. But the Soviets declared war on Japan and invaded Manchuria
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America dropped the Atomic Bomb called Fat Man on the city of Nagasaki. The Japanese had not surrendered after the first bomb. 60,000-80,000 people were estimated to have died. This last bomb would push Japan towards surrendering
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Emperor Hirohito accepted the terms of surrendering. Japanese and the Allies signed the declaration of peace aboard the ship called the U.S.S Missouri. Finally, World War Two had ended.
