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in 1921 July 29 Adolf Hitler becomes leader of National Socialist (Nazi) Party through a democratic election that took place in germany.
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1932 November 8 - Franklin Roosevelt elected President of the United States.
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1935 March 16 - Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles by introducing military conscription.
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1939 November 8- Assassination attempt on Hitler fails.
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January 8- Rationing begins in Britain.
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1940 May 10- Nazis invade France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands; Winston Churchill becomes British Prime Minister.
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1940 September 3- Hitler plans Operation Sea Lion (the invasion of Britain).
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1943 July 19 - Allies bomb Rome
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1943 November 28- Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin meet at Teheran.
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1945 January 26- Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz.
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1945 April 12 President Roosevelt dies. Harry Truman becomes President.
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1945 May 2 - German troops in Italy surrender.
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1945 October 24- United Nations is born.
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1945 November 20- Nuremberg war crimes trials begin.