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Germany and Russia sign a non-aggression pact. They secretly agreed to invade Poland and divide it.
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World War 2
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- Germany invades Poland. This is the official beginning of World War 2.
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Germany invades Norway, France, Holland, Luxemborg, Denmark and Belgium.
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Winston Churchill becomes Britain's Prime Minister. This is significant because almost through his will alone he gives the British people the will to resist Nazi-Germany during the blitzkrieg of England and London.
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The Siege of Leningrad. The city named in honor of Vladimir Lenin, the Communist leader. One million Russian civilians died.
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The Attack on Pearl Harbor. The Japanese Navy attacks Pearl Harbor. This is why the U.S joins the World War. This is significant because the U.S lent so much manpower (soldiers) and resources to the Allied Powers.
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Industrial- scale murder of Jews begins in Nazi-extermination camps.
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Doolittle's Raid. US bombers bomb Tokyo.
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The Battle of Midway. Japan's naval superiority is lost. It changed the balance of power in the Pacific.
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2 Feb 1943 - The Siege of Stalingrad. It was between the German and Russian army. It took a massive death toll on the German army in the Eastern Theatre. Hitler was defeated.
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Mussolini is replaced and arrested.
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D-Day. The Invasion of Normandy by the Allies.
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March 16 1945 - The Battle of Iwo Jima and the Battle of Okinawa in the Pacific Theatre.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt dies, but he's succeeded by Harry S Truman.
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Mussolini is executed by the Italian Resistance.
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Hitler commits suicide in Berlin.
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Germany surrenders. This ends the war in Europe and also known as V-E day (Victory-Europe day).
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- The US drops a bomb on Hiroshima, which is completely destroyed by the nuclear energy released.
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Atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki by the US.
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Japan surrenders. Known as V-J day (Victory in Japan)
