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Kristallnacht "the night of broken glass". Thousand of Jewish businesses and synagogues were damaged.
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Germany invades Poland
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Britain and France declare war on Germany. They were known as the Allies.
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340,00 Allied troops escape. Greatest escape in history of warfare.
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FDR and Churchill had a secret meeting on a ship off the coast of Canada to discuss war goals.
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Japanese attacked by bombing our ships.
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United States Join the War. FDR ask Congress for a declaration of War.
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American Bombers attacked Tokyo
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Battle of Midway began. US Victory! Broke Japanese code and sunk 4 of Japanese carriers.
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101st Airborn parachuted behind enemy lines.
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Yalta Conference took place. Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin met to plan for postwar peace.
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FDR dies suddenly and vice president Harry Truman takes over
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Hitler Commites Suicide.
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Formal end to the war in Europe.
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50 countries met in San Francisco to create United Nations.
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US demanded Japanese surrender or “prompt and utter destruction”
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US dropped the 1st attomic bomb on Hiroshima
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Soviets join the war against Japan
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US dropped 2nd atomic bomb on Nagasaki.
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Emperor Hirohito surrendered over the radio.
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The officail Japanese surrendered on USS Missouri
