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The 1936 summer Olympics took place in Berlin. Adolf Hitler only wanted the superior race to be involved in the games. The United States had a runner, Jesse Owens, who was black and he won gold medals, but Hitler refused to praise him. This showed the rest of the world that he was a racist.
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By the end of November, Italy and Japan had formed an alliance with Germany, which was known as the Axis alliance.
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Allies agreed that Germany could have the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia in return for peace
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Alliance between Hitler and Stalin which agreed to divide Poland between the two countries.
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France and England officially declare war on Germany
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German Luftwaffe attempted to gain control of British airspace through defeat of the Airforce.
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Hitler declared war on the United States. Following Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor on 7th December the United States had declared war on Japan.
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The Wannsee Conference gave approval for the final solution
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German troops defeated at the Second Battle of El Alamein in North Africa
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First Allied bombing raid on German cities
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Operation Overlord, D-Day. Allied Invasion of Normandy
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Hitler's assassination attempt is a fail
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Hitler commits suicide
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Japan surrendered
