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Hitler's emergence as chancellor was a crucial turning point for Germany. Achieving this position gave Hitler the power he needed to potentially execute the Holocaust.
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At the annual rally which was held in Nuremberg, Germany passed new laws which were racist against Jewish people. They could not have a citizenship or a relationship with someone of German blood.
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Lead by it's fascist leader Benito Mussolini, Italy invaded Abyssinia (now known as Ethiopia) in an effort to expand German territories.
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The three aligned with a pact directed against the Communist International, (Comintern) but specifically against the Soviet Union.
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Germany takes over Austria without any fighting. This was achieved through annexation by Hitler.
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Hitler's forces invade Czechoslovakia, which was sacrificed in the Munich act as an attempt to prevent Germany's imperial aims.
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Germany and the Soviet-Union surprised the world when they made a pact and agreed not to take military action against each other for 10 years. Germany was able to reach Poland easier and the Soviet-Union could build their army.
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With the Soviet Union out of their way, Germany invaded Poland with blitzkrieg warfare. Nazi Germany attacked from the sky, land, and sea.
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After Hitler leads the invasion of Poland, Britain retaliated by declaring war on Germany. Britain's ally, France, did the same.
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The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest and largest campaign of WW2. It was a battle for the sea-control of the North Atlantic Ocean which lasted 2,075 days.
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After both France and Britain declared war on Germany, it wasn't long until Canada followed the trend.
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A battle that prevented the German air force from controlling the skies above England early in the war. It was the first battle of the second world war which was mainly fought in the air
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The Germans referred to it as Operation "Barbarossa". Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union in what was the largest German military operation in this war.
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Hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked pearl harbor which was where the American naval base was located.
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One of the darkest moments in Canada's history. The Canadian government forced Japanese Canadians out of their homes and put them in Internment camps.
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Marked the culmination of the North African campaign between the British Empire's and the German-Italian forces.
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In this battle, Nazi Germany and its allies fought the soviet union for the control of the city in Southern Russia called Stalingrad.
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An allied attack on a city in France. The territory was currently occupied by the Germans.
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Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union in a battle for a city in Russia. It was the bloodiest battle in human history.
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Canada's longest campaign in this war. They fought to pry Italy from Germany's grip and it costed them more than 26,000 lives.
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This is also known as the of Normandy battle resulted in the allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany's control.
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What we call V.E Day is the day when Germany signed the unconditional surrender of both east and west forces.
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America dropped a bomb on this Japanese city to get Germany to surrender.
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America did this only days later to make Japan surrender.
