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Germany is defeated in WWI. This leaves the world and Europe with anger towards Germany.
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Europe powers decide to punish Germany with a forced treaty. The treaty makes Germany pay 6,600 million dollars, accept blame for WWI, give land to neighboring countries. The treaty also said that germany could not create an army above a minimal size.
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German People were very unhappy with the Treaty of Versailles. Because of this, they vote Adolf Hitler into power. He promised that he would rip up the treaty.
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Adolf Hitler begins to secretly build up the German army after being elected in 1933. He also put forth a compulsory military service act.
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Hitler takes takes over the lands of Rhineland, Austria, and Czechoslovakia. Neither Britain nor France decided to step in as they were not willing to go into another war,
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During the early years of the war, the U.S and other countries were continuing with the depression that had come to be known as the Great Depression.
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Many people blamed the president, Hoover. This led to the election of Franklin Roosevelt who enacted a new plan that offered work relief to thousands.
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Adolf Hitler begins a war by invading Poland in 1939. Then, the war becomes a world war when Britain and France declare war on Germany in September, 1939.
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The soviet Union, under a secret alliance with Germany, invades poland from the east on September 17, 1939. Then, This leads to the surrender of Warsaw on September 27, 1939 as well as the division of Poland by the Soviet Union and Germany.
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From 1940 through early 1941, Germany and the Soviet Union worked together to systematically take over most of Europe. This led to many other countries joining the axis of powers including Romania, Hungary, Thailand, Bulgaria, and many other controlled or puppeted countries.
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Germany, along with most of the axis powers, invades the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941. The German armies quickly take over most of the outer, occupied countries and move towards The Soviet Union itslef.
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Japan bombs Pearl Harbor. This leads to the United States declaring war on Japan and officially joining the World War.
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The United States begins to aid in the war. From 1942 to 1945, The United States, Britain, and the other allies begin to take back the German controlled territories. They slowly liberate all the occupied areas and encroach on Germany themselves.
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As the Allies and the Soviet Union begin to close in on the borders of Germany, the war begins to come to a close. And on April 30, 1945, Hitler commits suicide.
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On May 7, 1945, Germany surrenders to the Allied troops. On May 9, 1945, Germany surrenders to the Soviet Union.
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The United States and the Soviet Union begin to invade Japan in May and August of 1945. On August 6, 1945, the United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. And On August 9, 1945, the United States drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. This leads to the surrender of Japan along with the official ending of WWII on September 2, 1945.
