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Adolf Hitler becomes leader of National Socialist (Nazi) Party.
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Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany.
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Civil war erupts in Spain.
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Nazis invade Poland.
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Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany.
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United States proclaims its neutrality; German troops cross the Vistula River in Poland.
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Soviet Union expelled from the League of Nations.
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Nazis invade France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands; Winston Churchill becomes British Prime Minister.
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Evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk begins.
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German U-boats attack merchant ships in the Atlantic.
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Battle of Britain begins.
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Hitler plans Operation Sea Lion (the invasion of Britain).
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Roosevelt re-elected as U.S. president.
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President Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act.
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Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor; Hitler issues the Night and Fog decree.
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Hitler declares war on the United States.
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Hitler orders the execution of all captured British commandos.
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D-Day landings on the northern coast of France.
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V-E (Victory in Europe) Day.
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Japanese sign the surrender agreement; V-J (Victory over Japan) Day.
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Hermann Göring commits suicide two hours before his scheduled execution.
