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Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany. His Nazi Party, or the Third Reich, takes power and Hitler is essentially the dictator of Germany.
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Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy form the Rome-Berlin Axis treaty.
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Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact. This was a pact against communism and Russia.
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Japan invades China
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Germany invades Poland. World War II begins.
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France and Great Britain declare war on Germany.
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Germany uses quick strikes called blitzkrieg, meaning lightning war, to take over much of western Europe including the Netherlands, Belgium, and northern France.
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Italy enters the war as a member of the Axis powers.
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The Japanese attack the US Navy in Pearl Harbor. The next day the US enters World War II on the side of the Allies.
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D-day and the Normandy invasion. Allied forces invade France and push back the Germans.
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The Germans launch a large attack in the Battle of the Bulge. They lose to the Allies sealing the fate of the German army.
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Adolf Hitler commits suicide as he knows Germany has lost the war.
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Germany surrenders to the Allies
