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Anschluss
Unification of Austria & Germany
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Munich Conference
GB & France give Hitler Sudetenland
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Nonaggression Pact
Germany and USSR agree not to fight
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Germany Invades Poland
Start of WWll
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Miracle of Dunkirk
338,000 troops escape German capture
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Paris Captured
France surrenders to Germany EUROPEAN THEATER -
Battle of Britain
3-month bombing of GB
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Germany Invades USSR
Violates Nonaggression Treary
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Pearl Harbor
Japan Unprovoked Attack of U.S
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U.S Declares War on Japan
FDR makes speech to congress "a date that will live in infamy"
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Germany Declares War on U.S
Hitler allied with Japan and they hoped for help against USSR
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Doolittle Raid
American bombs fall inn Japan for first time
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Battle of Midway
Turning point in war with Japan PACIFIC THEATER -
Battle of Stalingrad
10 month battle ends Turning point in War
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Kasserine Pass
First US Battle against Germany (bad loss)
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Rome Falls
Italy surrenders and Mussolini is executed
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D-Day
Allies land at Normandy- Liberation of France
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MacArthur Returns to Phillipines
Famous speech "I Have Returned"
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Battle of the Bulge
Last German Offense- Allies Win
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Iwo Jima
Island Captured by U.S Marines Raise Flag PACIFIC THEATER -
V-E-Day
WWll Ends in Europe
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Atomic Bomb Dropped
Over 120,000 die at Hiroshima
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V-J-Day
WWll Ends in Japan
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