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The assassination of Franz-Ferdinand set off a rapid chain of events and sparked the start of WWII.
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Germany warns Russia to stop mobilizing. Russia says mobilization is against Austria-Hungary only
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The first Austrian attack came over the river Drina
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the French "Plan XVII" which was meant to retrieve territories lost in the Franco-Prussian War
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The explosion occurred just outside the entry to Cork harbour killing all 27 crew members on board.
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The note was intercepted and deciphered by the British.
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The U.S. federal government declares war to Austria-Hungary, an ally of Germany.
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The plan demonstrated the moral side of the World War I, and partially planned some of the territorial arrangement in Europe when the war ends.
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The Second Battle of the Marne was noted for being the last German offensive on the Western Front before the are finally effectivelly counterattacked by France.
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he Treaty of Versailles, the document that especially concerned Germany, is signed.
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Under the leadership of Adolf Hitler, the National Socialist German Workers' Party, or Nazi Party, grew into a mass movement and ruled Germany through totalitarian means
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German troops invade Poland on the ground while Hitler's air force bombs Polish cities from the sky.
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Britain and France declare war on Germany honoring their commitment to Poland.
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German warships enter major Norwegian ports, from Narvik to Oslo, deploying thousands of German troops and occupying Norway.
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Heinrich Himmler ordered the construction of a new camp near Oswiecim, Poland. It quickly became one of the largest camps.
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Germany invades the Soviet Union violating the Nonaggression Pact. U.S. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson estimates that it will take Hitler less than three months to conquer the Soviet Union.
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Wrplanes from Japan launched a surprise attack on the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. After the attack, Japan began a massive campaign of expansion throughout the Southeast Asia-Pacific region.
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Hearing that the Nazis were going to eliminate the ghetto entirely, 1,000 Jewish fighters successfully repulsed the Germans. However, the victory was short lived and Nazis soons burned down the entire building.
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On D-Day, General Dwight Eisenhower led U.S. and Allied troops in an invasion of Normandy, France. The armies fought their way through France and Belgium and into Germany while Russian troops fought from the east. On May 7, 1945, Germany surrendered.
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Hitler and his wife Eva commit suicide in a bunker 55 ft the chancellery.
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On May 2, 1945 Colonel General Alfred Jodl of the German army entered Allied headquarters. There he signed the terms of unconditional surrender.
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The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, killing 75,000 people instantly, and injuring more than 100,000.
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A second atomic bomb is dropped in Nagasaki.
