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Hitler was appointed chancellor (prime minister) ,
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Hitler took power in Germany, he orded all "non-Aryans" to be removed from government jobs.
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Became known as Kristallnacht "Night of Broken Glass" Nazi troppers attack Jewish homes, buinesses, and etc.
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Hitler began his familiar routine, charging that Germans in Poland were mistreated by Poles bluffing.
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Nonagression Pact was signed between Hitler and Stalin.
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The German Luffwaffe or German air force, roared over Poland.
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Poland, Britian, and France declared war on Germany.
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Hitler launched a suprise invasion on Denmark and Norway.
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The Germans began to assemble invasions fleets along the French coast.
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The RAF shot down over 185 German planes at the same time they lost only 26 aircrafts.
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Near Rockall, west of Ireland, a British convoy, SC-7 was attacked by a German wolf pack. The convoy was outlined clearly against a moonlit sky, making the merchant ships easy prey.
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Congress passed the Lend Lease Act.
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Hitler broke the agreement he made in 1939 with Stalin to not go to war.
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The Japanese started to move southward, taking over the French military bases in Indochina.
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Tojo ordered the Japanese navy to prepare for an attack on the United States.
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Roosevelt received a decoded message that instructed Japan's peace envoy to reject all American peace proposals.
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Roosevelt addressed Congress. And declared war against Japan.
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Roosevelt ordered navy commanders to shoot the German submarines on sight.
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Some 107,000 Allied troops, the great majority of them Americans, landed in Casablanca, Oran and Algiers in North Africa.
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The German commander surrendered.
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African Americans finally got to see combat.
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The start of D-Day, three divisions parachuted down behind the German lines. With thousands charging upon on the beach.
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North Korean forces swept across the 38th parallel in a suprise attack on South Korea.
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Philip Day spotted a column of eight enemy tanks moving toward his company.
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North Koreans pushed South Koreans and UN troops south to perimeter of Pusan.
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His troops made a suprise amphibious landing behind enemy lines at Inchon.
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300,000 Chinese troops joined the war on the side of North Korea.
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The Chinese intervene and force UN troops to retreat across the 38th parallel.
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All UN and South Korean troops had been pushed out of North Korea. Chinese advanced capturing the South Korean capital, Seoul.
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Truman made the shocking annoucement that he had fired MacArthur.
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The MacArthur controversy died down, the Soviet Union unexpecectly suggested a crease fire.
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The opposing sides reached agreement on two points : the location of the cease fire line at the exisiting battle line and the establishment of a demilitarized zone between the opposing sides.
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Juluis and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted and sentenced to the electric chair.
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Eisenhower traveled to Geneva, Switzerland, to meet with soviet leaders.
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Soviets rolled tanks into Hungary and killed approximately 30,000 Hungarians.
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The Soviets launched the Sputnik, the world's first artificial satellite.
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The United States successfully launched it's first satellite.