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In the early 1930's the future of Germany was grim. The great depression had hit and people were looking for a new leader. This opened the way for Adolph Hitler.
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Japan invaded China to gain resources.
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this attack breached the rules of the Legue of Nations because it was started without a declaration of war.
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At 4 a.m. 1.5 million Germans attacked Polands 1,750 miles boarder. Hitler thought this would bring living space.
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The battle received it's name from a speech given by Winston Churchill, where he said the Battle of France has ended and I expect the Battle of Britian to begin.
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Roosevelt had polio.
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Hitler wanted to expand Germany terrioty after the fall in France the only direction he could go was eas.
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Forces afficially occupies Athens noting defeat.
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One of the largest mass murders of world war II
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Japan bombed Pearl Harbor to paralyze the US Navy.
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United States had tried to remain neutral but Hitler encouraged Japan to attack the US leaving Roosevelt no choice but to join the allies.
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Stalingrad was a major industrial city churning out tanks and it was also seen as the gateway to the oil rich regions of Southern Russia.
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Soviets are unable to be repelled as they advance into West Porland.
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Largest battle fought in the western front of Europe, also the largest battle fought by the US military.
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Swallows a cyanide capsule and shoots himself int he head.
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Ther Germans wanted a seperate peace with the allies so that they could continue their war with the Russians. Roosevelt would not have it and ordered them to surrender unconditionally.
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An American B-29 bomber dropped the world's first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
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World War II was the deadlist war ever.
