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Mussolini took to power my having a large group of men, "Black Shirts," march on Rome and threaten to take over the government. The King gave in and allowed them to take over a government.
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The technology of radar is the ability to use radio waves to detect objects at a distance. By allowing people to “see” remotely, at very long distances, radar made the idea of “surprise attack” virtually obsolete and vastly enlarged the arena of modern warfare.
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Hitler threatens Jews during Reichstag speech
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Spanish Civil War ends
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Britain and Poland sign a Mutual Assistance Treaty.
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German troops surrounded Leningrad in Russia which meant no food or anything else outside of Leningrad could get in causing around 800,000 deaths but Leningrad refused to surrender.
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V-J Day stands for Victory in Japan Day. It marks a very important event in World War 2 - the day Japan surrendered to the Allies.
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D-day marked the turning point in World War II when the Allied forces began to win their fight against the Axis powers.
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Everyone should be familiar with the atomic bomb. It was used on Japan in 1945 to end the Pacific War.
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Five Marines and a Navy hospital corpsman raise the flag on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima. -
VE- day stands for Victory in Europe day. It marks a very important event in World War 2 - the end of the War with Germany
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Atomic bomb nicknamed "Little Boy" dropped on Hiroshima.
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Atomic bomb nicknamed "Fat Man" dropped on Nagasaki
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Grandfather on my mother's side was born.
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My grandma on my father's side was born
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