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World War II
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Adolf Hitler becomes leader of National Socialist (Nazi) Party.
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Japan invades Manchuria.
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Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany.
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Enabling Act gives Hitler dictatorial power.
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Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy sign the Rome-Berlin Axis.
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Germany and Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact.
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Germany invades Poland, initiating World War II in Europe.
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Italy enters the war. Italy invades southern France.
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Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact.
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Bulgaria joins the Axis.
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Nazi Germany and its Axis partners invade the Soviet Union.
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Japan bombs Pearl Harbor.
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The United States declares war on Japan, entering World War II.
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The Axis partners declare war on the United States.
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Axis forces in Tunisia surrender, ending war in North Africa.
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Allied troops liberate Rome.
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Finland leaves the Axis partnership.
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The United States drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki.
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The Soviets launch their final offensive, encircling Berlin.
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Hitler commits suicide.
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Germany surrenders to the western Allies.
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The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
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Japan formally surrenders, ending World War II.