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January 28, 1922 Mussolini Takes Power
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Hitler pubishes Mein Kampf
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Joseph Stalin rises in Russia 1924
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FDR Becomes president in United States 1932
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Hitler becomes leader of germany 1933
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Germany invades Rhineland 1936
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Germany invades AUstria 1938
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Germany Invades Poland 1939
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September 3rd, 1939 Great Britain/France Declares war on Germany
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- Longest sustained bombing campaign to date
- Victory by the British Royal Air Force
- Victory prevented a ground invasion by German forces
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September Japan, Germany , and Italy become the Axis powers
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January 7, 1941 Bombing of Pearl Harbor
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-Invasion of Soviet Union
-Attempt by Germany to seek Lebensraum in the east
- Soviets took major losses, but withstood the German invasion -
October 2nd, 1941 Battle of Moscow
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December 8 1941 US declares war on Japan
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Axis declares war on US
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Feb 19 1942 American Japanese forced to move into camps
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March 13th 1942 Bataan Death March
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-Attack on Japan homeland Tokyo
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- First ever air-sea battle in history
- Japanese attempt to land at Port Moresby in New Guinea
- Allied victory has an impact on the forces available for Japan at the battle of Midway
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-American’s break Japanese Navy code
- U.S. Navy all but destroys the Japanese Navy -
- first major offensive victory for the Allies in the Pacific Theater
- Air base was strategic in controlling lines of communication between U.S. and Australia
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-Last battle in North Africa
-Rommels Afrika Korps retreats to Tunisia just before annihilation
-British forces under Bernard Montgomery overwhelm the Axis powers -
- America’s first battle of WW2 against the Germans
- Another Allied victory over the Afrika Korps that sent them into retreat
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Feb 9 1943 Victory at GUadalcanal
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- U.S. first major defeat of the war
- Erwin Rommel and Afrika Corps inflict heavy damages on Allies
- Germany's last major victory in North Africa
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-One of the bloodiest battles in history w/2 million military and civilian casualties
-Stopped the advance of the German Army into the Soviet Union -
Feb 23 1943 North Africa is liberated
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July 4th, 1943 Battle of Kursk
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Jul 9 1943 Invasion of SIcily
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November 23, 1943 Battle fo Tarawa
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June 6th 1944 Operation Overlord/D-Day
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- June 6 1944
- Largest amphibious invasion ever
- 5 beaches Omaha, Utah, Juno, Gold Sword attacked by Allied Forces
- Omaha, Utah had largest casualties/Also the American beaches
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-Major Allied Victory in the Philippines
-Japan uses Kamazaies, U.S. sees the willingness of Japan to die for country
- Kamazaies push America to quickly find ways to end the war -
- Last major offensive for Germany, through the use of Blitzkrieg
- Attempt to split allied forces from Ardennes to Antwerp to force negotiated peace
- Germans ran low on supplies and fuel, halting the German advance
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Jan 27, 1945 Liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp
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Feb 19, 1945 Iwo Jima captured
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Provided a air base near the Japanese coast
Famous photo of Americans raising flag over Mt. Suribachi -
April 12 1945 Roosevelt dies
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APril 16th 1945 Battle of Berlin
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April 30th, 1945 Adolf Hitler commits suicide
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May 7th, 1945 Germany surrenders
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May 8th, 1945 VE day
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-Last and biggest battle of the Pacific Islands
-Island provided air bases vital to the projected invasion of Japan -
Aug 6th, 1945 Atomic bomb drops on Hiroshima
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Aug 6th, 1945 an Atomic Bomb was dropped on Nagasaki
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Aug 15th 1945 VJ day
