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Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor (Dictator) of Germany.
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Germany invades Poland which started World War ll
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France and Great Britain declare war on Germany.
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German soldiers take over Denmark and Norway.
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German soldiers take over the Netherlands and Belgium using a technique called blitzkrieg or lightning strike.
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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 on the side of the Allies.
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The United States Navy defeats the Japenease army at the battle of Midway
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Italy surrenders to the Allies.
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Allied forces invade France at Normandy and push back the Germans, known as D-Day.
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The Germans fight back in the battle of Bulge but lost to the Allies.
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Allied troops capture Iwo Jima.
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President Roosevelt dies and he is succeeded by Harry Truman.
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Germany surrenders ending the war in Europe.
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The United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.
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Another atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan.
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Japan surrenders to the Allies ending the war.
