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Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
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Italy invades Ethipia under Mussolini's orders.
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President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Neutrality Act which bans transporting goods to hostiles.
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Mussolini annouced to work along side of Adolf Hitler.
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U.S. gives Roosevelt 1 billion dollars to expand the Navy.
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The day World War II started by Germany invading Poland.
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Denmark surrenders on the day of the attack; Norway holds out until June 9.
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Italy invades southern France on June 21.
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Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact.
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U.S. joined in with World War II after Japan had bombed Pearl Harbor.
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Axis forces in chaotic retreat across Libya to the eastern border of Tunisia.
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The failure of the Vichy French troops to defend against the invasion enables the Allies to move swiftly to the western border of Tunisia, and triggers the German occupation of southern France on November 11.
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Axis forces in Tunisia surrender to the Allies
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The Soviets blunt the attack within a week and begin an offensive initiative of their own.
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Within six weeks, Anglo-American bombers could hit targets in eastern Germany for the first time.
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156,000 men from American, British and Canadian froces landed on five beaches along 50 heavily armed mile stretch on Normandy, France.
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They advanced rapidly towards the Rhine River to the northeast.
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Known as the Battle of the Bulge, in an attempt to re-conquer Belgium and split the Allied forces along the German border.
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V-E day. The day that the Nazi's had surrendered to the Allies.
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Japan surrendering to the Allie groups bringing World War II to a end.
