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Treaty of Versailles
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Adolf becomes Chancellor of Germany
Gained 37% of the vote and won
Burns down Reichstag (Government building) to fake Germany being under attack to gain more power
Becomes voted dictator with 89% when president dies, 1933 -
Nazi Invasion of Poland
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Britain and France declare war on Germany
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Nazis establish gas chambers at Auschwitz
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Hitler invades Denmark and Norway
Under the code name 'Operation Weserübung', Nazis invaded Denmark which fell same day invaded
Norway resisted until 9 June.
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Hitler's Olympics
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Pearl Harbor
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Japanese Americans sent to Internment Camps
After Pearl Harbor the US feared the Japanese so much that they sent all Japanese people including Japanese Americans to internment camps so that they could keep a closer eye on them.
Happened the month of February. -
Axis surrenders in N. Africa
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Italy Surrenders
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D- DAY
When hundreds of soldiers stormed the shores of Normandy France to gain a base in Europe
Hundreds died in the battle -
Iwo Jima
One of the bloodiest battles in Marine Corps history
Takes place in Okinawa
Last battle of ww2 -
Franklin D. Roosevelt Dies
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Hitler Commits Suicide
The Nazis are not doing well in the war, Hitler knew this and instead of being taken prisoner by Russians he hides in a bunker and shoots himself in the head. -
Germany Unconditionally Surrenders
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Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima
Nicked Named "Little Boy"
Leaflets were dropped before warning the day of the bombing warning civilians.
140,000 people died. -
Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
Nicknamed "Fat Man"
74,000 people died from the second bomb. -
Japan Surrenders
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MacArthur accepts Japan’s surrender
MacArthur agrees to end the war and accept the surrender of Japan. "for the United States, Republic of China, United Kingdom, and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and in the interests of the other United Nations at war with Japan."
