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Jews were killed, sent to concentration camps, and their homes, businesses, and synagogues destroyed or looted.
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Hitler and Stalin agree to a nonaggression pact, leaving both countries able to build stronger armies, and leaving Poland in the open for Germany.
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Upon Germany's invasion in Poland, World War II was declared against Germany and its forces.
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Germany takes control of the neutral countries such as Denmark, Norway, Holland, Luxemburg, and Belgium.
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France surrenders to Germany. An Armistice is signed, and Great Britain is left alone.
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Japan joins Germany and Italy, and adds to the Axis powers.
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Germany invades the Soviet Union, and violates the Nonaggression Pact. In return, the US adds more help to the Soviets.
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Japanese fighters attack the US naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. President Roosevelt requested congress to declare war with Japan.
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The battle of Midway was the battle for an island between Japan and the US. For the US, it would be used for a refueling area for their aircrafts.
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Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt meet in Casablanca, North Africa, to discuss plans on attacking Sicily, send troops in the Pacific, and aid the Soviets.
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Italy Surrenders to the Allied powers. However, Italy is still mostly occupied by Germany.
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The Invasion of Normandy; located in France.
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Allied powers' troops take much of Normandy and Brittany. Causing the Germans to retreat.
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies in Warm Springs, Georgia.
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Italians capture Mussolini, and murder him.
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Hitler takes his own life in Berlin, Germany. This marks when Germany unconditionally surrenders.
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V-E Day. This day marks the surrender of Germany, and the end of World War 2.
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The Hiroshima bombing consisted of the US dropping an atomic bomb on the Japanese city Hiroshima. This caused the Japanese emperor to accelerate his surrendering.
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The US dropped another atomic bomb on the Japanese city Nagasaki. This was purposed for forcing Japan to surrender even quicker than it was after the Hiroshima bombing.
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This day marks the surrender of Japan's army against the Allied forces.
