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Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany.
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May 10 - Germany invades France, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
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Germany and the Soviet Union sign the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact.
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Germany invades Poland, starting World War two.
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Time when it started and ended.
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Britain and France declare war on Germany
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France surrenders to Germany.
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U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease bill.
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The Japanese launch a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
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February 2, 1943 - Germans surrender at Stalingrad in the first big defeat of Hitler's armies.
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August 6, 1945 - First atomic bomb dropped, on Hiroshima, Japan.
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October 24, 1945 - United Nations is born.