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Benito Mussolini and his black shirts take control of Italy
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Japanese invade Chinese province of Manchuria. Japanese fascists rising
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Hitler in power of Germany, now Fascist
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Nuremberg laws are passed in Germany, making antisemitism in Germany even stronger
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Germany, Italy and Japan make pact not to go to war with each other
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Germans take over Austria, and soon Czechoslovakia
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"Night of Broken Glass" is a night where Jewish shops, properties and synagogues etc. are destroyed by many German civilians, along with the murdering of many Jews on this night.
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Hitler and Stalin agree to divide Poland between each other and not attack one another
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Czechoslovakia completely falls to Germans
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Germans start moving Jewish people into ghettos and their own areas to live. Jewish properties confiscated, lost citizenship
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Jews are moved to concentration camps, where they are forced into labour and limited food and depleted of basic human rights. They are also sent to extermination camps where they are killed
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World War II essentially begins with the Nazis invading Poland
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Britain and France declare war on Germany.
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Important supply lines for Allies constantly attacked by Axis, whole war long. 1939-1945
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Canada declares war on Germany.
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Canadians come to France, but France soon falls and they see no action.
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Axis had power over most of mainland Europe, spring 1940
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Summer - Fall 1940, German Luftwaffe attacked Britain and targeted air fields, but RAF, RCAF, and Polish air forces frustrated them, stopping attacks.
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Canadians see first war action on Hong Kong, fighting the Japanese
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Assault on Russia by Germans. Hitler turns back on Soviet-Nazi Non-Aggression Pact.
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Canadians stationed in Hong Kong to protect British territory from Japanese. Canadians surrendered on Christmas day, 1941. Many were taken POW and starved, tortured etc for 3 1/2 years.
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Japanese attack largest American Naval base, in Pearl Harbour, Hawaii
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America declares war on Japan and Germany
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Americans start Island Hopping in the Pacific. Liberating all the tiny islands in the Pacific from the Japanese and moving towards Japan
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Americans liberate the Midway islands in long bloody battles
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The island of Guadalcanal is liberated by the Americans
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Allies wanted to open a western front, tried on Northern French Coast but Germans were well prepared and the attack was essentially a disaster with over 3000 casulaties
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Critical strategic point for Germans, they attack Stalingrad but Soviets defend it -> Soviet Victory. 1.1+ million soviet casualties, 400 000+ German
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Americans start pushing east in the Pacific,moving towards Japanese
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Canadians and allies liberated Ortona through bloody street fighting. Hitler kept sending troops but Ortona was eventually liberated
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Allies landed in Sicily and took it. Allies and Canadians continued to move up mainland Italy and eventually liberate it.
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The Soviets resist the Germans and start pushing west towards Germany.
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France is liberated by the allies completely.
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Germans plan a counter offensive to take Antwerp back, but the Allies resisted the attack.
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Guam is liberated by the Americans,
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Japanese start using kamikaze tactics in desperate attempt to resist the Americans
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The 1st and 2nd Canadian army are tasked with liberating the crucial area of the Schedlt river. After securing the river, they continue moving northeast and liberate Antwerp, Amsterdam and other Dutch cities. Liberating the Netherlands.
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A critical battle in the Normandy landings opens up a Western front for the war. American, British, Canadian and other allied forces attack Normandy beaches and start the liberation of France.
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Paris is liberated by the Allies and French Resistance Movements led b Charles de Gaulle
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Extreme secret development of atomic bombs begins in the US
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The Americans take the islands of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, which are very close to Japan. They can take off from these isalnds
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The allies are getting dangerously close to Berlin. With the Soviets being within a few hundred kilometers. Things are not looking good for the Nazis.
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President Roosevelt dies and Harry Truman takes the presidency and is made aware of the Manhattan Project.
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Hitler commits suicide as he did not want to be humiliated like Mussolini was, by his own people.
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The Soviets arrive at Berlin and take down the Reichstag, Berlin surrenders
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The war is over in Europe, the Nazis fall and peace is restored in Europe. V-E = Victory in Europe day
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Test of 1 atomic bomb of 3 is successful in Los Alamos, New Mexico
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The Japanese are informed that the Americans have a new weapon, and they should surrender. But Japan rejects. Americans use atomic bomb nicknamed "Little Boy" and Hiroshima is devastated
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Japanese are again offered to surrender or face another nuclear bomb. Japan ignores this and Nagasaki is bombed by the last bomb, nicknamed "Fat Man"
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Japanese surrender on the USS Missouri, putting a formal end to the Second World War. Many Japanese soldiers perform HariKari. An honorable suicide as they failed to win the war.
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United Nations formed in another attempt to hold peace in the world. Similar to League of Nations.
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The Universal of Declaration of Human Rights is written and guarantees the human rights of all people around the world