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Hitler addresses the Reichstag
Hitler makes powerful speech describing the German people and the German Reich.
He shouts out "traitor", "poison", and "blood".
Takes full responsibility for murders from two weeks previously. -
Spanish Civil War
Spanish army general, Francisco Franco, attempts to overthrow spanish government. -
Germany and Poland
Germany signs nonaggression pact with Soviet Union.
Pledged that neither would attack the other. -
Blitzkreig in Poland
Hitler's tanks rumble across the border into Poland at dawn, while his Luftwaffe bombed cities. -
Germany vs. France
German tanks stormed across French border from Belgium, sweepign around the Maginot Line, attacking French positions from behind. -
Japan seizes control of Indochina
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D-Day
General Eisenhower directed largest combined land-sea-air invasion in history. -
V-E Day
German troops in Europe finally lay down their arms.
US and GB celebrate their victory. -
Atomic Bomb dropped onto Japan
-Atomis bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
-Killed 100,000; another 100,000 died later from burns, radiation, and wounds.
-Bomb destroyed more than 4 square miles of the city. -
Japan surrenders
Japan signs the Document of Surrender in Tokyo bay.
