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    Holocaust

  • Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

    Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

  • Britain and France declare war on Germany

    Britain and France declare war on Germany

  • Auschwitz Established

    Auschwitz Established

  • The United States begins its first peacetime draft

    The United States begins its first peacetime draft

  • U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease bill

    U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease bill

  • The Bismarck is sun

    The Bismarck is sun

  • Atlantic Conference begins

    Atlantic Conference begins

  • Germany and Italy declare war on the United States; then the United States declares war on Germany and Italy

    Germany and Italy declare war on the United States; then the United States declares war on Germany and Italy

  • The Wannsee Conference

    The Wannsee Conference

  • First Battle of El Alamein begins

    First Battle of El Alamein begins

  • Anne Frank and her family go into hiding

    Anne Frank and her family go into hiding

  • The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins

    The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins

  • Mussolini resigns

    Mussolini resigns

  • After 900 days, the Siege of Leningrad is finally over

    After 900 days, the Siege of Leningrad is finally over

  • D-Day

    D-Day

  • Assassination attempt against Hitler fails

    Assassination attempt against Hitler fails

  • Anne Frank and her family are discovered and arrested

    Anne Frank and her family are discovered and arrested

  • Allies begin bombing Dresden

    Allies begin bombing Dresden

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt dies

    Franklin D. Roosevelt dies

  • Mussolini is hanged by Italian partisans

    Mussolini is hanged by Italian partisans