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Japan staged a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, doing a severe amount of damage to the US Pacific fleet. -
Hitler gained power by an election that he won. People liked him because he was charismatic, ambitious, and came from nowhere, which brought hope to the country -
The mass killing and rape of the citizens of Nanjing, China -
The agreement to avert war by giving Hitler a portion of Czechoslovakia, signed by Britain, France, and Germany -
"The Night of Broken Glass", was a pogrom against Jews carried out by SA military forces -
The non-aggression pact signed between Hitler and Stalin to maintain peace between them. -
Germany's invasion of Belgium, the Netherlands, and France. -
The German invasion of France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands -
The evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force and other Allied troops from the French seaport of Dunkirk -
On Sept. 3, 1939, France declared war on Germany, following the German invasion of Poland. -
An intense bombing campaign undertaken by Nazi Germany against the UK -
The US instituted the Selective Training and Service Act, which required all men between the ages of 21-45 to register for the draft -
The code name for the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and some Axis allies -
Japan staged a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, decimating the US Pacific Fleet -
The forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of American and Filipino prisoners of War -
The major naval battle in the Pacific Theater six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor. -
Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad -
The Allied Forces invaded Nazi-occupied France with Great Britain, Canada, The U.S, and Soviet Russia -
The meeting of the heads of government for the U.S, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe -
A major battle in which the U.S Marine Corps and Navy landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima -
Nicknamed Operation Iceberg, was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by the United States Army and United States Marine Corps against the Imperial Japanese army -
Adolf Hitler's dictatorship finally came to a crashing end on this day -
Victory in Europe Day is the day celebrating the formal acceptance by the Allies of Germany's unconditional surrender -
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German forces launched a surprise attack on the Allied Forces in Belgium, Luxembourg, and France