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Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi party
Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the Nazi Party. This leads up to Hitler becoming the Fuhrer of Germany. -
Mussolini becomes prime minister
Benito Mussolini, the leader of the Italian fascist party, is appointed prime minister of Italy. -
Stalin becomes dictator
Joseph Stalin becomes the sole dictator of the Soviet Union. -
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The Holocaust
The Holocaust was a genocide in which about six million European Jews(among other types of people) were killed by Hitler's Nazi Germany and the Nazi's allies. -
Rape of Nanking
Japan's army attacks the town of Nanjing, China. They massacre a quarter of a million people. -
Anschluss
Hitler invades Austria because he viewed Austria as Germany's territory. -
Nazis invade poland
The Nazis invade Poland, triggering Britain and France to declare war on Germany. This is the official start of world war 2 -
The Blitz
Germany bombs London with their new fighting tactic: Blitzkrieg.
They were major raids that dropped more then 100 tons of high explosives on 16 British cities over a period of 267 days. -
Japan takes Manchuria
The Japanese soldiers storm the town of Manchuria and take control of it. -
Pearl Harbor
Japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in the morning against the United States naval base in Hawaii, triggering the United States to join the Allied powers. -
Stalingrad
This was a major battle of World War 2 in which the Nazis were fighting the Soviet Union for the city of Stalingrad. Nazis surrenders because they were dying at a rapid pace during the winter, they did not prepare for the harsh winter -
Invasion of Normandy
The allied forces sailed onto the beaches of Normandy and push back the German forces. This is the largest seaborne invasion in history. -
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Yalta conference
The conference was convened to create post-war peace that represented a collective security order and a plan to give self-determination to the liberated nations in post-Nazi Europe. -
Iwo Jima
US marines invaded the island of Iwo Jima. They wanted the island of Iwo Jima for its two air bases which were great for the US to have -
Victory in Europe
The date when the World War 2 Allies formally accepted the unconditional surrender by Germany. -
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Bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The two bombs, Little Boy and Fat Boy, are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki -
Japan surrenders
Japan surrenders, ending the war in the pacific and
