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Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the Nazi Party
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Benito Mussolini became the Prime Minister of Italy, and leader of the government. Only the King held more power than him.
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Josef Stalin, a communist, became the leader and dictator of the Soviet Union.
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Japan acts aggressivly in China, taking over Manchuria.
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Hitler becomes the leader of the government in germany
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The Italian army invades and occupies Ethiopia
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MIlitarists take over the Government of Japan, and occupy key political positions
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By sending troosps into Rhineland, Germany violated the Versailles Treaty.
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Japan pillages Nanjing, China, resulting in the massacre of a quarter of a million people.
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Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany
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Nazis begin rounding up Jews to put them in Labor Camps
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Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin
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Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany
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First time Peacetime Draft in US
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Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control
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Germany invades France and forces it to surrender
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Battle of Britain – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island
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Pearl Harbor in Hawaii attacked by Japanese Naval and Air forces, US declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy declare war on the US.
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Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow
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Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps
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Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March
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Allies win the Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific
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Zoot Suit Riots between young Mexican Americans and Marines in Los Angeles, CA
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British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa
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Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min.
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Paris retaken by Allies Forces
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Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces
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US forces return to recapture the Philippines
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FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President
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The war in Europe is over.
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D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies
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The U.S. drops the first atomic bomb ever on Heroshima, kiliing thousands.
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A second Atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki.
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V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces
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War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.
