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Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany.
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The Second World War
A timeline of the 2nd World War for Ms. Wynn's English II class. -
President Roosevelt passes the Neutrality Act
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Japan takes control of China
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FDR prohibits ships from delivering to Asia.
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Japanese planes attack the Panay in the Yangtze River.
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Hilter voices support for Japanese endeavors.
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American outrage against Japan is higher than against Nazi Germany.
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Hitler declares Austria as part of the Third Reich.
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Mussolini of Italy joins Hitler.
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Adolf Hitler declared Time's Man of the Year.
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Hitler and his forces conquer Czechoslovakia.
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Germany invades Poland.
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Britain and France declare war on Germany.
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France surrenders to the Axis powers.
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U.S. withholds gas from Japan.
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Japan joins the Axis powers.
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Germany invades the Soviet Union.
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U.S. sends assistance for the Soviet Union
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Japan attacks Pearl Harbor.
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U.S. declares war on the Axis powers.
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D-Day in Normandy, France.
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Italy surrenders, Mussolini is later killed and hanged.
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Hitler commits suicide and Germany later surrenders.
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Atomic Bomb is dropped on Hiroshima, 75,000 people are killed in the blast.
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Japan surrenders, and World War II ends.