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Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany by President Paul von Hindenburg.
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Germany and Poland sign a ten-year non-aggression pact, which means they cannot attack each other.
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Nazis force Jews to hand over all gold and silver items, symbolyzing the prejudice towards them.
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Germany invaded Poland, which started World War II. It began on September 1st and ended on Oct. 6th. Russia and Germany annexed and divided the country.
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Italy declares war on France and Great Britain, which aligns Italy with Germany and against the Allies.
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The Japanese begin the war in the Pacific by attacking U.S. naval base Pearl Harbor. This ultimately brought the United States into the war, and started their attack on Japan.
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Germany turns and tries to launch an attack on Russia in the city of Stalingrad. If they could have Russia, they would have a majority of Asia at their disposal.
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Germany invades the parts of France controlled by the Vichy government. The United States sends troop to aid them.
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After months of fighting, Russians stop the Germans from advancing after they loss thousands to weather and war.
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United States troops attack Germans in France from the shore. They took the Germans completely by surprise and was able to defeat them and march on to Berlin.
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Adolf Hitler, Chancellor of Germany, drugs himself and his wife, which kills them both.
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United States and Russia took Germany and forced them to surrender, especially after Hitler committed suicie.
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In response to Pearl Harbor, the United States dropped the first ever and only atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which killed thousands of Japanese people.
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Japan surrenders to United States because of the casualties of the bombings and Germany had also surrendered. This officially ended World War II.