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Japan invades Manchuria for it's resources, they no longer wanted to rely on the United States for resources.
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6 million European Jews are killed. Nuremburg Laws prevent them from living normal lives. Ended in 1945.
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Italy invades Ethiopa, however the League of Nations does nothing to punish Mussolini.
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Germany ivades the rhineland, violating the Treaty of Versailles. He also violated the treaty by building up his military.
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Germany invades Sudetenland, now present day Czechoslavakia. France and Great Britain allow it to avoid conflicts.
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Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France meet. All underestimate Hitler's power who later takes over the rest of Czechoslovakia and forms an alliance with Italy.
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Germany invades poland by dressing an ex-convict as a Polish soldier and having him cross boarder into Germany. In result, Great Britain and France declar war.
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Increase in production and military spending help end Great Depression. (no specific date)
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Attacked through the Ardennes Forest.
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340,000 allied troops are rescued, making it the greatest escape.
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Second automic bomb is dropped, killing 400,000.
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Japan forms an alliance with Germany and Italy-- the Axis Powers.
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Hitler breaks non-agression pact with Soviet Union and invades. Soviet Union joins Allies. Cold winters led to Germany's surrender.
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Japanese attack, destroying 20 warships and 200 aircrafts. 2,400 Americans are killed. Puts an end to isolationism.
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10,000 Japanese-Americans are placed in internment camps. They can only take what they can carry with them.
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U.S. invades Norther Africa, defeats Rommel's forces in may.
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Rome is the first Axis capital to fall.
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150,000 troops are carried across the English Canal. 10,000 Casualties. Hitler refused to send reinforcement, fearing it was a trick. Allies gained control of 60-mile strip of land in a week.
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Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill meet to discuss post war plans such as how to divide Germany and the Soviet Union helping the war in the Pacific.
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Second bloodiest battle in the Pacific. 730 miles from Tokyo
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Bloodiest battle in the Pacific, 350 miles from Japan.
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Hitler commits suicide along with his wife, kills his dog.
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Formal end of the war in Europe. (V-E DAY)
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First automic bomb is dropped, killing 800,000.
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Japan officially surrenders (V-J Day)
