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Adolf Hitler was appointed Germany's chancellor on January 30, 1933.
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Referred to as the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, was a colonial war that started in October 1935 and ended in May 1936.
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America strengthens it's Neutrality Act first passed in 1935.
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Hitler addresses Reichstag and serves notice that the future of Austria and the sudeten Germans are in the direct interest of Nazi Germany.
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Adolf Hitler, Fuhrer of Germany, accepts salutes and cheers from the Nazi controlled Reichstag after announcing the Anschluss with Austria.
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On this day in 1939, in response to Hitler's invasion of Poland, Britain and France, both allies of the overrun naion declare war on Germany.
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Nazi Germany invaded Poland and WWII began
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On this day in 1939, in response to Hitler's invasion of poland, Britain and France, both allies of the overrun nation declare war on Germany.
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On June 22, 1941, having postponed the invasion of Russia after Italy's attack on Greece forced Hitler to bail out his struggling ally in order to keep the Allies.
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Japan attacked United States on December 7, 1941
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The United States Congress declared war upon Germany, in response to that nation's delaration of war following the Japanese attack.
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On June 6, 1944 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified. June 6, 1944
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On this day in 1945, both Great Britain and the Untied States celebrate victory in Europe Day. May 8, 1945
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Something changed forever when, for the first time, the world witnessed the explosion of an atomic bomb.
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On this day in 1945, a second atom bomb is dropped on Japan by the United States.
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The surrender of the Empire of Japan on September 2, 1945, brought the hostilities of WOrld War II to a close.