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Dachau concentration camp was made. it was used to kill jews who were enemies to the country germany and people who opposed hitler. They were also tortured and used as slaves.
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Germany, Italy and Japan formed the axis alliance. This was a plan to achieve world conquest. Italy was the weakest among them, Japan had the largest navy and Germany Had the largest army. They were all eventually defeated by the allied powers. Additional information: http://goo.gl/Ygg5n
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The Polish-British Common Defence Pact was signed. The treaty contained promises of mutual military assistance between the nations in the event either was attacked by another European country.
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After Germany invaded Poland from the west, the Soviet Union invaded from the east on September 17. The two countries had a plan to allow Baltic States in Soviet Influence. This would eventually lead to Operation Barbarossa. Source: http://goo.gl/Ygg5n
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The german soldiers reach the english channel. They are getting dangerously close to britain, but they do not end up getting into the heartland
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Italy entered the war. They were a close ally to Germany, both of them being fascist nations. Italy's leader at the time was Mussolini, a dictator very similar to Hitler. Additional Information:http://goo.gl/GZdIT2
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Auschwitz was built, It was the largest concentration camp. it had 300 barracks, an extermination complex which was used to gas the jews using Cyanide and Zyklon B to poison the jews, It also had a corpse storage center and a cremation area to burn the jews and get rid of their bodies. Source:http://goo.gl/I2fmdi
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France surrenders. They are a major country and their surrender has major implications for the rest of the war.
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The battle of britain started after Hitler attacked France and easily defeated them. Then he started to focus on Britain using his airfields in other countries to launch the attack.
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The british decode the first german transmission. This was a great thing for the allies because they previously had not decoded any of the messages
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Operation Barbarossa was the Nazis declaring war on the Soviet Union in an act of traitorism. The germans attempted to take Russia but we're deterred by the cold weather. This was a terrible time for Russian civilians with multiple attacks on cities.
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Pearl Harbor was an attack on the American warships in Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. The Japanese did the attack, but later regretted it, as one general famously proclaimed, "We have awakened the sleeping giant." This brought America into the war, adding a lot of firepower to the allied side
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Germany and Italy declare war on the United States. This was a result of the US declaring war on Japan setting off a cacophony of war.
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The Desert Fox, Erwin rommel starts another campaign in africa. He was considered one of the best generals in the war with great tactics.
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In April 1942, most of the Japanese Americans were rounded up and sent to relocation centers. This was due to terror springing up after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Some have compared these to concentration camps used by the nazis, but few Japanese died.
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Germany attacked Stalingrad. Soviet troops made the German troops retreat from their eastern control. Their mistake was attempting to fight a two front war against Russia and allied forces from opposite directions. The reason the soviets attacked was because it was on a rail and water communication line.
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The allies land on the mainland of italy. this was one of their major victories during their offensive, they went on to liberate rome.
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The Germans were the first to invent jet fighters and guided missiles, called the proximity fuse.They also had an early version of the atomic bomb but dismissed it, calling it Jew science.
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On this day, the Italian city of Rome was liberated. There was a great amount of support from the roman people. The president famously commented "one up, two to go" referring to the amount of axis powers conquered
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D'Day was the allied invasion of normandy. Nicknamed project neptune, it was planned over many years and involved many nations. It was considered a turning point in the
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Largest seaborne invasion
D-Day
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The allied power entered Paris and liberated it. This was one of the first areas that Hitler captured during his initial campaign. The people of Paris cheered for the soldiers as they entered the town.
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The germans launch their first VI missile at britain. these were nicknamed doodlebugs and were a precursor of guided missiles
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Auschwitz liberated. The russians took the camp and freed all of the prisoners inside. It was widely regarded to be the worst camp of them all
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A battle fought on the strategic island of Iwo Jima. The U.S. Had previously owned Iwo Jima until Japan took it. This is were the famous flag raising took place.
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President roosevelt died. He was the leader for most of the war and the longest serving president ever. He was replaced by Truman.
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Hitler killed himself with his companion Eva Braun. He shot himself because the red army was drawing nearer.
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Germany surrenders to the allied powers because hitler committed suicide. This ended the European section of the war. Germans were tried and some of them were hanged
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In an attempt to get the Japanese to surrender, the United States dropped an atomic bomb onto Hiroshima. The bomb was dropped from a bomber called the Enola Gay. It killed 200 thousand people total.
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The Nagasaki bombing was the nail on the coffin for Japan in World War II. It came pretty close after Hiroshima and rattled Japan to its core. This one killed 80000 people and Japan surrendered soon afterwords. This was also the precursor of the nuclear arms race. Additional Information: http://goo.gl/Cwj61z
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Japan surrendered. This effectively ended the war. This was done on a battleship anchored it on a harbor in japan.
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