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Adolf Hitler was chosen Chancellor of Germany. The one thousand year Reich (his kingdom) had started but he wouldn't have absolute power until after 19 months.
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Germany forces an attack on Poland. Adolf Hitler wanted to reconquer his land and rule Poland. Then, WWII began.
Info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-invades-poland
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Winston was called to replace Neville Chamberlain as British prime minister following the latter’s resignation after losing a confidence vote in the House of Commons.
Info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/churchill-becomes-prime-minister
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Italy joined Japan and Germany in an alliance. These three countries recognized German domination over most of continental Europe, Italian domination over the Mediterranean Sea, and Japanese domination over East Asia and the Pacific.
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German and British air forces encountered in the skies over the United Kingdom, locked in the largest sustained bombing campaign to that date. the Battle of Britain ended when Germany’s air forces failed to gain air superiority over the Royal Air Force.
Info:http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-britain
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The pact contained a secret agreement in which the Soviets and Germans agreed how they would later divide up Eastern Europe. The German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact fell apart in June 1941, when Nazi forces invaded the Soviet Union.
Info:http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/german-soviet-nonaggression-pact
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Hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. The day after the assault, President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on Japan; Congress approved his declaration with just one dissenting vote
Info:http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor
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U.S. surrender of the Bataan Peninsula on the main Philippine island of Luzon to the Japanese during World War II.The marchers made the trek in intense heat and were subjected to harsh treatment by Japanese guards.
Info:http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bataan-death-march
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It was marked the first air-sea battle in history.The Japanese were seeking to control the Coral Sea with an invasion of Port Moresby in southeast New Guinea, but their plans were intercepted by Allied forces.
Info:http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-coral-sea
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World War II naval battle was fought entirely with aircraft. Also, USA destroyed Japan's first-line carrier strength.
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Russians considered Battle of Stalingrad to be one of the greatest battles of their Great Patriotic War. Also, It stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union.
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Dwight Eisenhower announces the surrender of Italy to the Allies publicly. they surrendered and they were allies with Germany but a month later, they declared war on Germany.
Info:http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/italian-surrender-is-announced
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156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches. This invasion was one of the largest military attacks and required expensive planning.
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On this date, they entered the Majdanek camp in Poland. Also, soviet soldiers were the first to liberate concentration camp prisoners.
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French General Leclerc enters the free French victoriously. Some Germans didn't want to leave Paris but Paris was free from Germany.
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Adolf Hitler tried to split the allied armies in Europe. Three German armies launched the deadliest and most desperate battle of the war in the west in Ardennes.
Info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-the-bulge
Photo: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2075565/Vivid-new-Battle-Bulge-photos-offer-seen-look-war-weary-soldiers-braving-frigid-weather-fight-Nazi-Germanys-major-offensive-World-War-II.html -
On this date, American soldiers make their attack on the Japanese home islands at Iwo Jima. Iwo Jima was defended by 23,000 Japanese armies and navy troops, who fought from network of caves, dugouts, tunnels and underground installations.
Info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima
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On this day in 1945, President Franklin Roosevelt passes away after four terms in office. He left president Harry S. Truman in charge of a country still fighting in WWII and in possession of a weapon of unknown and frightening power.
Info:http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-dies
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Adolf Hitler committed suicide in his underground bunker. It's believed that Hitler and his wife whom he married two days before their suicide had swallowed cyanide capsules.
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Germany officially surrendered to the allies which ended all the European conflict in WWII. General Alfred who represented the German High Command, signed the unqualified surrender of both east and west forces in Reims,France.
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The first atomic bomb was a success in New Mexico which resulted into the Manhattan Project to come to an end. Many people predicted that Japan was the country that dropped the first atomic bomb because Germany had already surrendered.
Info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-first-atomic-bomb-test-is-successfully-exploded
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The second atomic bomb was dropped on Japan and that was ordered by President Truman. The explosion killed 40,000 people and Japan surrendered.
Info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki
Photo:https://history105.libraries.wsu.edu/spring2015/2015/01/20/the-effect-of-the-atomic-bombs-dropped-on-hiroshima-and-nagasaki/ -
The Japanese air force and navy were destroyed.The Allied naval blockade of Japan cities left the country and its economy devastated.
Info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/japan-surrenders
Photo: http://historybuff.com/wwii-total-misrepresentation-japans-surrender-xb70DNvzDZWk
