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The Japanese take Manchuria, a northern part of China, in September 1931 and in 1937 the Japanese invade the rest of China
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Italy invades the African Nation of Ethiopia
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The German Army renter the RHineland, a demilitarized zone, which is a direct violation of the Treaty of Versailles.
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Anchullus, or the unification of Austria and Germany occurs which is another violation of the Treaty of Versailles
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The German Reich Takes the Border Region of Czechoslovakia, Sudetenland which has a majority German Population
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THe German Reich Takes all of Czechoslovakia after taking Sudetenland earlier
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The Germany army enters Poland to conquer its territory using its Military tactic of Blitzkrieg or Lightning war
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The Soviets occupy the Eastern Part of Poland and also take Estonia Lithuania and Latvia
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The Soviets attack Finland by the Finns fight back and hold off the Soviets but the soviets have to many men and the Finns are forced to surrender
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Hitler invades Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg to help his invasion of France
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The government of France surrenders to the Germans shortly after losing Paris and sets up a government-in-exile inside of London, Great Britain
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The airforce of Germany continually bombs British Cities while the Royal British Air Force tries to fight them off
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Hitler launches a surprise attack on the Soviet Union
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The Japanese air force attacks the American Naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii and caused Congress to declare war on Japan and its Allies
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The American Navy cripples the Japanese navy in the battle of Midway
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The Germans launch an attack on the Russian city of Stalingrad but their attack fails when the winter comes and the German Forces their Surrender
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The Italians surrender to the allies but Hitler takes the North of Italy and put Mussolini in charge of it
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The Allies launch an invasion into Normandy, France and ultimately won the Battle
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Hitler facing a two front war decided to counter attack on the west, although initially successful they were push back.
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THe president of the United States dies unexpectedly and is succeeded by Harriet Truman
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Hitler and his wife Eva Braun commit suicide together and have their bodies burned
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On May 7 1945 the German army surrenders to the allies and its was officially signed on May 9th 1945
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One of Deadliest battles of the Pacific ends with American victory, in which they take the island only 350 miles south from Japan
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After the Japanese fail to surrender the Americans drop two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki respectively.
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After the Atomic bombs dropped the Japanese Empire is forced to surrender
