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On January 30th, 1933 Adolf Hitler was named chancellor of Germany by President Paul von Hindenburg. He was named chancellor because conservatives thought they could use Hitler for their own purposes.
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In the 1890's, Ethiopia successfully defended itself from Italian conquest. In 1935, Mussolini wanted revenge, so he ordered a massive fleet to invade Ethiopia. This time, Italy did not fail.
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In 1936, Germany marches into Rhineland. Britain made appeasement to avoid war
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Spain had almost always been a monarchy until 1931. Their new Republic was ruled by liberals and socialists was under attack by fascist army leaders.
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In 1937, a war started between the chinese and the japanese. Unfortunately for the Chinese, Japan was better trained and better equipped.
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Hitler announces his plans to absorb Austria and Czechoslovakia into the Third Reich
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In anger, a Jewish youth shot a german diplomat for deporting his father to Poland after living in Germany for 27 years. The german government responded by launch a violent attack on Jewish neighborhoods.
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Hitler and Stalin sign a non-aggression pact, claiming that the two countries would not use military action against one another.
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In 1939, over a million german soldiers swept through Poland with the intentions of invading it. Hitler claimed it was a defensive action.
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In 1940, Hitler started take over countries like Luxembourg, Netherlands and Belgium as a strategy to distract larger countries, leaving them vulnerable to attack, such as France.
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After being under attack by Italian forces in Egypt, Britain fights back, turning into a disaster for the Italians. Britain took 500 miles of North Africa and took over 100,000 Italian prisoners.
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Britain was able to defend itself against the German advance, stunned, Hitler calls off all attacks.
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On June 22, 1941, Germany started to invade the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union was not prepared, and retreated while burning everything down behind them.
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In 1941, Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, which was a Naval base located in Hawaii. This was one of the largest reasons why the US joined the war.
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As the Germans slowly marched their way into the soviet union, stalin ordered to defend Stalingrad at all costs. Eventually the German soldiers surrendered to the Soviets.
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Hitler got impatient with waiting for Jews to starve to death, so he made up a plan to kill them with much more efficiency. He ordered camps to be built designed just to kill Jews.
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Although Stalin urged the US and Britain to invade France, but instead they decided to invade Italy. US and British troops landed in Sicily on July 10, 1943.
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On June 6th, 1944 the allied powers stormed the coast of Normandy. Many lives were lost but the allied powers were successful. This day is also known as D-day.
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After six long years of fighting, Germany surrenders to the Allied powers and WW2 in Europe is ended. This day is also known as V-E day, which stands for victory in Europe.
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Shortly after the war in Europe ends, Japan surrenders and ends WW2 as a whole. This day is known as V-J day, which stands for victory in Japan.
