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The war
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The Treaty of Versalies
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Nazi party began
It is still going today but it isn't as political or a big as it was in WW2 -
Mein Kampf
Book created by Adolf Hitler whilst in prison -
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The Depression
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Hitler becomes dictator
He stopped being dictator when Germany surrendered and he 'disappeared' -
Italy invades Abyssinia
From October to May (03/10/1935 - 05/05/1936) -
Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy form the Rome-Berlin Axis treaty
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Anti-Comintern Pact signed
Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact. This was a pact against communism and Russia -
Hitler annexes Austria into Germany
Also known as the Anschluss -
Japan invades China
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Munich Agreement
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Kristallnach "Night of Broken Glass"
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Germany invades Poland
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France and Great Britain declare war on Germany
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Dunkirk evacuation
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Germany invades Denmark and Norway
From 9th June to 9th July -
Italy enters the war as a member so the Axis Powers
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Germany launches air attack on Great Britain
10th of July to the end of October -
Signed the Tripartite Pact
Italy, Germany and Japan signed and this became the Axis Alliance -
The Axis powers attack Russia
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Japan attacks Pearl Harbor // US join
Japan attack US troops. The US army also joins after the attack -
US navy defeats Japanese navy
At the Battle of Midway -
The Allies invade the island of Sicily
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Italy surrenders to the Allies
However. Germany helps Mussolini to escape -
D-day and Normandy invasion
Allies forces invade France and push back Germans -
Paris is liberated from German control
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Germans launch attack in the Battle of the Bulge
The large launch did not get them to win, they lost to the Allies -
The US Third Army crosses the Rhine River
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Germany surrenders to the Allies
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US drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan
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US drops another atomic bomb in Nagasaki, Japan
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Japan surrenders to the US and the Allies