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This was the Nazi Pary and is led by Anton Drexler. At first this party only has 60 members it becomes the actual "Nazi Party" when it eventually has 8.5 members.
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Mussolini come to power in italy.
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Originally, this was an attempt by the Japanese Empire to gain control over the whole province, in order to eventually encompass all of east asia. This proves to be 1 of the many causes to WW2.
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Hitler waqs appointed Chancellor of Germany
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President Paul von Hindenburg died & Hitler became the full power of Germany
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Canada became very isolationist in the new years leading up to world war 2, staying out of all international affairs that did not deal with Canada's interests. The Liberal government did not want another war and supported britains policyof appeasement. Canada was just coming out of the derpression at this time, and th government did not want the country plunged back into wartime dept.
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Japan attackes China in hopes to exand,, but fails,,.
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German troops marched into Austria
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Germany & Russia invaded Poland thus starting WW2
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Hitler suprisingly invades Denmark and Norway
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Winston Churchil becomes Prime Minister after the previous Prime Minister Chamberline steps down.
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This battle was a massive retreat across France and Germany, more into France than Germany for treaty reasons.
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Hitler attacks soviet union. The major cause of Operaion Barbarossa was the nazis' term rassenkampf (racial struggle). Operation Barbarossa was an invasion of the soviet union directed against slaves, jews, and Marxists(lead by Karl Marx).
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the britain air force went to war against germany
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Hideki Tojo ordeed Japanese navy to prepare to attack the United States.
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Japanese navy bombed Pearl Harbpr. Pearl Harbor set off alot in the US & marked itself one of Americas most devastating events.
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FDR brought scientiss into war efforts/relief. WW2 benefitted greatly from German scientists.
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Thailand declares was on the united states and the united kingdom. First Japanese invades the Solomen isnlands.
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A daring raid on Tokoyo lead by lietenant colonel James Doolittle & 17 bombers.
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After the faliure at Dieppe, Allies forces felt they needed to push into Europe through the 'soft bellied' which they called italy.
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After Goerge Pattons the third, armny met up with france resisteance forces they reached their seine river south of paris.
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France is freed for Nazi control
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175,000 Canadian Soldiers, along with Allied troops troops of other nations, began to drive the germans out of the netherlands back across the rhine river.
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Franklin D Roosevelt dies from a stroke. Later, vice president, Harry S Truman becomes president.
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US army invades Okinawa, japan.
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Hitler shoots his wife and himself. Hitlers request was for their bodies to be soaked in gasoline and burned.
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ww2 allies formally accepted the unconditional surrender of the armed forcesof Nazi Germany and the end of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich. The formal surrender of the occupying German forces in the channel islands was not until may 9th 1945. On april 30th Hitler commited suicide during the battle of berlin, and so the surrender of Germany was authorized by his replacement, president of germany Karl Donitz.
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Nazi officials were trialed in an International Ribunal Court. 12 out of 22 defendants were sentenced to death, 200 other men were found guilty and given lighter punishements.
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Atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima & Nagaski. Hiroshima collapsed in 45 seconds. Nagaski, the bombed leveled half of the city.
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6 years and 1 day, the second world war is fnally over. With over 60 million people killed, which is well over 2.5% of the worlds poopulation.
