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WW2 opens with Slovakia and Germany inveading Poland.
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WW2 takes place during the course of this timespan.
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Supporrted by the Commonwealth of Nations, England and France declare war on Germany and Slovakia.
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After the Invasion of Poland by Germany about 100,000 Polish Military Personnel took up arms to help the Allies against the Germans on many different fronts.
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The USSR takes East Poland, and pretends to be allied with Germany until they can finish building up their military force more.
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Finland refuses to allow Soviet troops within their borders so the Soviet Union invades Finland.
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Germany moves in to secure their foothold in Denmark and Norway.
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Germany takes France with very little resistance.
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Moishe the Beadle was a man in Sighet, liked by many of Sighet's citizens.
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In an ill fated attempt to get rid of Russia, Germany begins fighting a two front war against Russia and the remaining European Allies.
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The USSR push Germany back out of Russia
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Japan bombs Pearl Harbor in an act of unprovoked aggression.
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After Pearl Harbor, the US retaliates and goes on the offensive against Japan.
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Moishe returns to Sighet to warn the Jewish citizens about the nazi threat.
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The Allies go on the offensive and invade Axis Italy
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News from the Russian front shows that Germany is going to be defeated.
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Two ghettos are formed in Sighet, one (where Elie lived) is in the center of Sighet and the other is on the outskirts of Sighet.
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Elie and his familiy are put into a cattle car and sent to Buna.
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One of the most symbolic events in WW2, D-Day, The invasion of Normandy. After making landfall on the beaches, the Allies used this position as a springboard for more forces to help liberate Paris.
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As the Soviets approach Warsaw, Polish resistance army troops attack SS forces in Warsaw in an attempt to push the Nazis out. The uprising resulted in over 200,000 dead.
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Assisted by French resistance forces, the Allies push Germany and Italy out of France.
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Elie is moved to the construction Kommando, and separated from his father's Kommando, but still see's his father.
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Elie's foot begins to swell, and the doctor operates on it to remove the infection.
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As the USSR nears Buna, it's prisoners are evacuated
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Poland is liberated by The USSR and remaining Axis forces surrender.
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Elie and his father arrive in Gleiwitz after the death march.
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Elie leave Gleiwitz in a cattle car with his father and about 98 other people.
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Elie and 11 others, including his father, arrive in Buchenwald in a Cattle car.
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Elie's father is beaten to death by an SS officer
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The resistance triumphs over the SS and liberates Buchenwald.
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Hitler, and his wife Eva commited suicide in their bunker.
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Japan continues to attack the Allies and violates the Potsdam terms. The US bombs Hiroshima and Nagasaki, this is the only time that Nuclear Weaponry has been used in a wartime situation.
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