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One of the first Nazi Concentration Camps is opened
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The Nazis took over the local government
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The Gestapo, Nazi secret police, were formed
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All political parties except the Nazis were banned
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President Hindenburg died. Hitler combined the post of President and Chancellor and called himself Fuhrer.
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Japan invades China, initiating World War II in the Pacific
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Nazi-Soviet Pact – Alliance between Hitler and Stalin which agreed to divide Poland between the two countries
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Germany invades Poland, initiating World War II in Europe
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Honoring their guarantee of Poland borders, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany.
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Italy enters the war. Italy invades southern France on June 21
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Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact.
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The first extermination camp, Chelmno, began operating
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Bulgaria joins the Axis
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Japan bombs pearl harbor
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The United States declares war on Japan, entering World War II. Japanese troops land in the Philippines, French Indochina (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia), and British Singapore. By April 1942, the Philippines, Indochina, and Singapore are under Japanese occupation.
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Nazi Germany and it's Axis partners declare war on the United States
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Germans closed down death camps
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German 6th army defeated at Stalingrad
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First allied bombing raid on German cities
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Hitler commited suicide
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Germany surrendered ending the war in Europe
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The United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima
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The United States dops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki
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Having agreed in principle to unconditional surrender on August 14, 1945, Japan formally surrenders, ending World War II.
