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Japan began its invasion of Manchuria, and its campagn for dominance in Asia.
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An agreement that allowed the Germans to annex the Sudatenland, a failed attempt to appease Hitler.
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Series of attacks against the Jews in Austria and Germany, marked the start of the German persecution of the Jews in Germany.
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Germany invaded Poland, marked the start of World War II.
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The cornered allied troops were allowed to evacuate back to England, Germany had invaded all of western Europe.
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Japan attacked the American Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, America declares war on Japan.
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The Japanese forced Filipino and American soldiers to march over 60 miles, showed the brutality and unbreaking will of the Japanese.
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A massive naval battle that marked the end of the Japanese naval power during the war.
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The Allies began their campaign to re-conquer Europe from Germany.
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Final German offensive. The turning point of the war where the Allies began to take back Europe from Germany.
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Conference of the "Big Three" to decide what to do with the countries of post-war Europe and Berlin.
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Germany surrenders, end of the war in Europe.
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America drops the first atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, first use of nuclear weaponry in human history.
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Japan surrendered, marked the end of the war as a whole.