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Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany.
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Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany.
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Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact. This was a pact against communism and Russia.
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Japan invades china
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Hitler annexes Austria into Germany
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Germany invades Poland. WW2 begins.
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France and Britian declare war on Germany
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Germany invades and conquers Denmark and Norway.
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Germany uses quick strikes called blitzkrieg, meaning lightning war, to take over much of western Europe including the Netherlands, Belgium, and northern France.
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Winston Churchill becomes leader of the British government.
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Italy enters the war as a member of the Axis powers.
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Germany launches an air attack on Great Britain. These attacks last until the end of October and are known as the Battle of Britain.
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Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact creating the Axis Alliance.
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The Japanese attack the US Navy in Pearl Harbor. The next day the US enters World War II on the side of the Allies.
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Roosevelt orders Japanese and Japanese Americans in western U.S. to be exiled to “relocation centers,” many for the remainder of the war
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German 6th Army surrenders at Stalingrad—turning point of war in Russia
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Italy surrenders
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Allies launch Normandy invasion
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Yalta Agreement signed by FDR, Churchill, Stalin—establishes basis for occupation of Germany, returns to Soviet Union lands taken by Germany and Japan
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Hitler kills himself
