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Hitler begins to start taking over.
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Japan invades war on China. They invade for resources.
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Hitler sends his troops into what is left of Czechoslovakia. Germany takes over easily. Other nations now realize Germany is not to be trusted and start to pay attention to Hitler's movements.
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Germany signs nonaggresion pact with USSR. Stalin is now powerless against what Hitler decides to do.
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Germany invades Poland. Offically starting World War II.
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After Germany invaded Poland, Great Britain and France declared war. They formed the Allied side of the war.
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Germany makes it's long awaited attack on France, They go through Belgium into unprotected lines in France.
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Germany breaks pact with USSR and goes into their border. USSR is witht the Allied powers.
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Japan plans a suprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. This event birng the United States into the war.
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The day after the Pearl Harbor attack, Roosevelt asks congress to declare war.
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Americans break code for Japanese intelligence. They are aware of Japan's oncoming attack and are ready for it. Americans win a huge battle, and it is considered a big turning point in the war.
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U.S. forces invade north African countries of Morroco and Algeria. Called Operation Torch, was led by Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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British, American, and Candian forces storm the French coast in order to open a front in Europe. American forces were primarily focused in Normandy.
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Last German offensive to try and split the Allies. The line was never broken and the German troops lost.
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This attack was known as the Battle of the Buldge. For a few days it looked like Germany would break Allied line, but did not fall through.
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U.S. forces attack the island of Iwo Jima. The Japanese dug themselves into the mountain and easily took out many of the soldiers. After long months of battling, the U.S. soldiers finally won.
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Japan looses a huge amount of soldiers and it is a huge loss for the Japanese. Despite American casualties as well, U.S. gains control of the island. Major impact on the war.
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At the end of the Battle of Berlin, Hitler commits suicide.
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Victory in Europe Day. Germany surrenders to Britain and U.S. The war in Europe is now over.
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Japan surrenders. Causing the war in the Pacific to be primarily over.
