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Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany. His Nazi party takes power.
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Germany invades Poland. World War II begins.
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France and Great Britain declare war on Germany.
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Germany invades Denmark and Norway.
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Germany uses quick strikes called blizkrieg meaning lighting war, to take over the Netherlands and Belgium.
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Italy enters the war as a member of the Axis powers.
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Germany invades the Soviet Union.
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The Japanese attack the United States Navy in Pearl Harbor. The next day the United States enters the war.
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The United States Navy defeats the Japanese Navy at the battle of Midway.
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Italy surrenders to the Allies.
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Allied forces invad France at normandy and push back the Germans, Known as D-Day
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The Germans fight back in the Battle of the Bulge ,but lose to the Allies.
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Allied troops capture Iwo Jima.
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President Franklin Roosevelt dies. He is succeeded by Harry Truman.
