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The first u boat was made during the 1850s in Germany by Wilhelm Bauer.
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Hitler is born into a family in Austria
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The enigma machine was invented by German engineer Arthur Scherbius in 1918.
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Hitler is elected leader of the Nazi party
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Grandpa is born
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The stock market crashed, starting the great depression.
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Germans elect Nazis making them the 2nd largest political party in Germany
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Franklin Roosevelt was elected President of the United States.
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Heinrich Hertz invented the radar in 1935. The range of an aircraft radar can exceed 300 miles.
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German Jews were stripped of rights by Nuremberg Race Laws.
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British Prime Minister Chamberlain appeases Hitler at Munich.
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World War II began when German troops invaded Poland.
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World War II lasted from 1939 to 1945.
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The UK and France joined the war against Germany.
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Denmark and Norway surrender to Germany
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German troops occupy the Channel Islands.
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Winston Churchill became the new Prime Minister of Britain.
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British and French troops were evacuated from Dunkirk, France because the Germans were going to bomb the area.
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Italy declared war on Britain and France because it was allied with Germany.
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The Battle of Britain was fought against the German Luftwaffe and Britain's Royal Air Force, and the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy.
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The Blitz begins in London. More than 12,000 metric tons of bombs were dropped during the Blitz by the German Luftwaffe and about 30,000 civilians died.
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The Japanese attacked an American naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, using a secret airstrike operation.
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The bombing of Pearl Harbor started the war between the US and Japan. The battle lasted about four years.
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Grandma is born
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The allied forces invade France and win it back from the Nazis.
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Victory in Europe day.
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The Little Boy was an atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima killing 78,000 citizens
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The Fat Man was dropped on Nagasaki.
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Victory in Japan Day