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90% of Germans voted Hitler to be promoted from Chancellor to Fuhrer and Reichskanzler (leader and chancellor)
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German troops march into Austria in an attempt to bring all Germans back onto German soil.
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Hitler, Chamberlain (UK), Daladier (France) and Mussolini (Italy) meet and Hitler is given permission to take the Sudetenland, to appease him and prevent war.
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Hitler invade the remainder of Czechoslovakia, having already acquired the Sudetenland.
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An agreement between Germany and the Soviet Union promising not to attack each other.
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Germany invades Poland using blitzekreig fighting (lighting war), which launches Great Britain and France to declare on Germany
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War is declared in response to the blitzkrieg invasions of Poland, Britain and France.
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After 6 weeks of fighting, France surrenders to German control.
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The Japanese attack the US Naval Base at Pearl Harbor Hawaii, which lead to the United State's entrance into World War II
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June 4-7, 1942.
Japan vs United States.
Navy battle shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor, leading a Japanese loss. -
Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy France to fight Germany. Beginning to draw the European theater fighting to a close.
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December 16,1944 - January 25, 1945
Last chance German offensive, in attempt to suprise the Allies. Failed German operation. -
V-E Day marks the surrender of Germany, ending World War II in Europe
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The first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima, Japan in an attempt to end the war in the Pacific
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A second atomic bomb is dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki, in the hopes to end the war in the Pacific
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Japan surrenders, ending the war on the Pacific front, and drawing World War II to a close.
