World War II

Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

1933 BCE

Europe

Battle of Berlin

Apr 16, 1921

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Japan Surrenders Ending the War

Sep 2, 1925

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Italy, Led by Mussolini ally with Germany

Sep 27, 1925

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Nuremberg (Anti Jewish) Laws Enacted

Sep 15, 1935

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Anschluss - German Annexation of Austria

Mar 12, 1938

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Kristallnacht - Night of Broken Glass

Nov 9, 1938

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Germany Invades Poland

Sep 1, 1939

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Britain and France Declare War on Germany-

Sep 3, 1939

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Miracle of Dunkirk - Operation Dynamo

May 27, 1940

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Germany Takes Paris - France signs armistice surrendering to Germans

Jun 14, 1940

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Battle of Britain

Jul 10, 1940

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Warsaw Ghetto Created

Oct 16, 1940

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Hitler invades Soviet Union

Jul 22, 1941

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Attack of Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

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U.S. Enters the War and Declares War on Japan

Dec 8, 1941

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Bataan Death March

Apr 9, 1942

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Battle of Midway

Jun 4, 1942

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Battle of Guadalcanal

Aug 7, 1942

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Battle of Stalingrad

Aug 23, 1942

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Operation Torch - Invasion of North Africa

Nov 8, 1942

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Italy Surrenders

Sep 9, 1943

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D-Day Allied Invasion

Jun 6, 1944

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Battle of Saipan

Jun 15, 1944

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Liberation of Paris

Aug 19, 1944

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Battle of Leyte Gulf

Oct 23, 1944

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Battle of the Bulge

Dec 16, 1944

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Liberation of Auschwitz

Jan 27, 1945

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Battle of Iwo Jima

Feb 19, 1945

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Battle of Okinawa

Apr 1, 1945

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Germany Surrenders

Apr 7, 1945

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Mussolini Captured and Executed

Apr 28, 1945

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Hitler Commits Suicide

Apr 30, 1945

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VE Day (Victory in Europe)

May 8, 1945

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Atomic Bombs dropped on Hiroshima

Aug 6, 1945

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United Nations Formed

Oct 24, 1945

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Nuremberg Trials - Nazis Put on Trial for War Crimes

Nov 20, 1945

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