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Hitler Threatened to Invade Czechoslovakia
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Despite the assurances of the Treaty of Munich, Hitler still invaded Czechoslovakia and sucessfully occupied the country
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1st September is an official guideline for the start of the Second World War
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Auschwitz was regarded as the most effective concentration camp. In September 1939, the town of Oswiecim and its surrounding areas in Poland joined to become Auschwitz.
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Chamberlain announced the declaration of war on the radio
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Britain and the United States declared war on Japan.
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7 Dec 1941 Pearl Harbor The Japanese, who were already waging war against the Chinese, attacked the US pacific fleet at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, as a preliminary to taking British, French and Dutch colonies in South East Asia.
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Japan bombed Darwin, Austrlaia
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Adolf Hitler, the leader of Germany has commited suicide
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German forces in north west Germany, Holland and Denmark surrendered to Montgomery on Luneburg Heath. Admiral Donitz, whom Hitler had nominated as his successor, tried to reach agreement to surrender to the Western allies but to continue to fight the Russians. His request was refused.
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The Japanese generals refused to surrender, the US dropped the Atomic bomb on Hiroshima
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As the Japanese generals still would not surrender after Hiroshima, the US dropped another atomic bomb on Nagasaki
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The japanese unconditionally surrendered to the allied forces
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General MacArthur accepts the Japanese Surrender.
