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The Olympics were held in Germany. This gave Adolf Hitler an opportunity to show his power.
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Germany invades Poland.
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The research on how to make an atomic bomb was influenced on the fact that Germany was already working on such a deadly weapon.
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President Roosevelt declares the Unites States an "arsenal of democracy".
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Battle of Britain ends with Hitler's forces rebuffed.
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Winston Churchill becomes UK Prime Minister.
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Germany conquers the Netherlands, Belgium, and France.
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Japan joins Axis alliance with Germany and Italy.
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General Hideki Tojo becomes Japanese Prime Minister.
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Roosevelt gives the Four Freedom speech about the future of the world.
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The Japanese bomb the U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
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Japan attacks Pearl Harbor.
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Hitler and the Nazis formalize plans to remove all Europe's Jews.
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In the Battle of Midway Americans destroyed four Japanese aircraft carriers.
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Americans win the Battle of Guadalcanal.
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Allied forces landed at 5 separate sites at Normandy on D-Day of the invasion of France.
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Germans launched a surprise offensive of their own.
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Adolf Hitler commits suicide in Berlin.
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Allies launch invasion of France
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The Japanese surrender after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
