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Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assasinated in Saravejo.
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This month was full of planning and manouvering, with Austria-Hungary turning against Serbia and Germany declaring war on Russia and France and Belgium soon afterwards, despite the latter being urged to remain neutral.
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Britain intercept a message from Germany to Mexico, urging Mexico to become their ally and in return they would gain back the territory lost to the United States. Americans believed this was a reason for war and declared war on Germany.
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The Treaty of Versailles ended the war between Germany and the allied powers.
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Mein Kampf is published.
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Adolf Hitler is named chancellor of Germany.
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The politically lead boycott and persecution of all Jewish stores and media began.
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A decorated veteran of the first World War and glorified leader of the Nazi Party, Hitler lead his country to war with his anti-Semitic ideology, and initiating the invasion of Poland.
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Germany invades Denmark and Norway, and Britain attempts to cut off exports of iron ore from Sweden to Germany, believing it would end the war within six months.
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After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, America entered WWII with the Allies, against Germany, Japan and Italy,
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Nazi Germany declares war on the United States.
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Japan lost a critical battle at Midway, near Hawaii.
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Germans begin the mass deportation of over 300,000 Jews to Treblinka killing stations.
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Known widely as D-Day Allied Forces successfully invaded Northern France, giving them the upper hand in winning the war.
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The Soviets launch an offensive in eastern Belorussia.
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Warsaw Polish uprising begins.
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Allied forces land in southern France.
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Death march of nearly 60,000 prisoners from the Auschwitz camp system in southern Poland starts.
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Soviet troops liberate the Auschwitz camp complex.
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Hitler commits suicide.
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Germany surrenders to the western Allies.
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The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
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The United States drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki.
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Japan formally surrenders, ending World War II.
