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In an attempt to unite all German-speaking peoples, Hitler annexed Austria and demanded liberation for the Sudetenland, a primarily German area in Czechoslovakia.
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This treaty allowed Germany to annex the Sudetenland.
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Hitler took control of the rest of Czechoslovakia, despite the fact that it breached the Treaty of Munich
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Hitler and Stalin signed a deal agreeing to remain in a state of peace in relation to each other, much to the surprise of the rest of the world.
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Because the Soviet Union was no longer a threat, Hitler was now free to invade Poland.
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In response to the Invasion of Poland, both Britain and France declared war on Germany.
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Known as Operation Weserübung, Germany invaded both Denmark and Norway to prevent the joint effort by Britain and France to stop Germany by occupying Norway.
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Germany’s began its invasions of Holland and Belgium, known as Blitzkrieg due to the extremely fast pace of the attacks.
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After Neville Chamberlain resigned from office, Churchill became the new head of the wartime coalition.
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Hoping to reap the spoils of war, Italy joined the Axis powers.
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France and Germany signed an armistice, agreeing to stop fighting as France had been weakened too much to fight.
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Britain defended itself through many air raids from Germany for months.
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Germany, Italy, and Japan formed an alliance.
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Hitler attacked the Soviet Union, despite the nonaggression pact that they had signed two years earlier.
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The Japanese bombed a US military fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
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Following the Pearl Harbor bombings, both Britain and the US declared war on Japan
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The US defeated Japan's navy, and was able to push back the Japanese.
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The first Soviet victory against Germany.
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After long military campaigns, the Allies were able to push the Axis out of North Africa,
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After Sicily was taken by the Allies, Mussolini was thrown out of the government and the new Italian government surrendered.
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The Allied forces attacked Germany's army in Normandy. The Allies won over an essential port.
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Paris was liberated from German forces.
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The first V2 Rocket were launched at London, killing three people.
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While Soviet forces close in from the East, the Allies crossed the Rhine headed for Berlin.
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The Soviet forces made their way into Berlin
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Adolf Hitler committed suicide in his
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After many long fights, Donitz offered an unconditional surrender.
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After the Japanese refused to surrender, the US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima in Japan.
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As Japan had not yet surrendered, another atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki.
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The Japanese ended the war by offering an unconditional surrender.
