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The day that Adolf Hitler is elected chanceller of Germany.
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Adolf Hitlers henchmen set the German Reichstag on fire so that they could blame it on the communists and gain Germany's support.
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Germany drops out of the Leauge of Nations.
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Hitler Violates the Treaty of Versailles by putting military bases on "buffer zones" of Germany.
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On August 1, 1936 the Olympic Games begin and Germany is the host of the World event.
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Germany invades Poland, officially starting the World at War.
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Great Britain, France and the other allied powers declare war on Germany.
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On December 7th, the Japanese launch a bombing attack on the US Pearl Harbor, declairing war upon us.
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After the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, The United States and Great Britain declare war on Japan
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Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle led a group of 16 American bombers in an air raid of Tokyo and other Japanese cities.
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As Japanese forces were planning to invate the British controlled Port Moresby the US sent two aircrafts to attack. Japan's advances were haulted.
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US military had solved the code of a Japanese plan to attack the Midway on June 3, they even knew what direction they would come from. On June 4th they made their attack.
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Germans wanted the city of Stalingrad which was a major industrial center. When they attacked the city it was the bloodiest fighting in all history. Though the Soviets defeated the Germans leaving 250,000 dead or forced to surrender.
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General Dwight D. Eisenhoweer lead American soldiers to invade North African countries of Morocco and Algeria which were controlled by France at one time. French helped the Americans in these battles.
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The day that the United States lined up on the coastline of France to defeat the Nazi Germans.
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Allied forces invade Okinawa and the Japanese are forced to retreat to the Southern tip of the island and take 5 days to reattack. 12,000 americans dead, 110,00 Japanese.
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The day that the Allies got the Nazi's to surrender and had one the long World War.
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The United States first dropped an Atomic Bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Enola Gay dropped this bomb leaving 80,000 dead.
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The second atomic bomb was dropped in the Japanese city of Nagasaki leaving 40,000 people dead.
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The day that the Allies were able to get the Japanese to surrender.
