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On January 30th, 1921 became the leader of the Nazi Party.
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Berito Mussolini was appointed as Prime Minister of Italy.
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Josef Stalin was the sole dictator of the Soviet Union or the USSR.
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Japan's Army seizes Manchuria, China.
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Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany.
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The Italian Army invades Ethiopia, Africa.
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Mitilarist takes control of Japanese Government.
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Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty.
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Japan's army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre of a million people.
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Munich Pact is signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany.
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Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps.
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Nazi-Soviet Pact was signed by Hitler and Stalin.
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Nazis invade Poland and Britain and France declare war on Germany.
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Nazis invade Denmark, as well as Norway, The Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium and take complete control.
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Germany invades France and force a surrender.
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The Battle of Britain where the Roval Air Force defeats German Air Forces to prevent the invasion of their island.
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First time Peacetime Draft in the United States.
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Htiler breaks Nazi-Soviet Pact with Stalin's Russia and also invades USSR which joined England in fighting with the Germans.
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Atlantic CharterChurchill and FDR establish and issue the Atlantic Charter.
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The Japanese invades French Indochina and also Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
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Hawaii is attacked by Japanese Naval and Air Force, and the United States declares war on Japan.
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Germany and Italy band together and declare war on the United States.
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Phillipines fall to the Japanese.
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The Japanese Americans are interned at isolation camps.
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Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingard which saves Moscow.
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Battle of Midway occurs from June 4, until June 7, 1942, and was the turning point of the war in the Pacific.
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British and the United forces defeat Germany and Italian armies in North Africa.
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The Zoot Suit Riots occured in Los Angeles , California.
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Italy surrenders and Benito Mussolinin is dismissed from his position of Prime Minister.
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Paris is retaken by the Allied Forces.
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D-Day the Allies invade Normandy France.
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The last offensive measure by the German forces.
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The United States Armed Forces recapture the Phillipines.
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War Crimes Trial is held in Nuremburg, Germany, Manila Phillippines, and Tokyo, Japan.
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FDR dies, and Harry S. Truman becomes President.
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VE day occurs and ends the war in Europe.
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First Atomic Bomb named Little Boy is dropped on Hiroshima.
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Japan surrenders to the Allied Forces.