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Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany. His Nazi Party, or the Third Reich, takes power and Hitler is essentially the dictator of Germany. -
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Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy form the Rome-Berlin Axis treaty. -
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Japan invades China. -
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Hitler went ahead with his plans to unify all German-speaking people. He annexed Austria then demanded the liberation of German people in the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia. Neville Chamberlain flew to Germany to attempt a settlement before war broke out. -
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Hitler annexes the country of austria into germany this is also called the anschluss -
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The Czechs were not represented at the meeting and realising that no country would come to their aid were forced to surrender the Sudetenland to Germany. Hitler assured those at the meeting that this was the extent of his ambitions for expansion. Chamberlain returned to England with a piece of paper signed by Hitler, proclaiming ‘peace in our time.’? -
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Despite the assurances given by Hitler in the Treaty of Munich (Sept 1938), he marched into Czechoslovakia and occupied the country. -
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Germany invades poland , war then had began -
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Hitler invades Denmark and Norway -
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Germany uses quick strikes called blitzkrieg, meaning lighting war, to take over so much ofwestern europe including the netherlands. -
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Hitler attacks Russia – Operation Barbarossa -
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The Japanese, who were already waging war against the Chinese, attacked the US pacific fleet at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, as a preliminary to taking British, French and Dutch colonies in South East Asia. -
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Allies in N. Africa -
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The USA defeated the Japanese navy at the Battle of Midway. Following this victory, the US navy was able to push the Japanese back. -
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The British and American forces managed to defeat the Axis forces in North Africa -
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Mussolini had been thrown out of office and the new government of Italy surrendered to the British and the USA. They then agreed to join the allies. The Germans took control of the Italian army, freed Mussolini from imprisonment and set him up as head of a puppet government in Northern Italy. This blocked any further allied advance through Italy. -
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The siege of Leningrad was lifted by the Soviet army. -
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Although Italy had surrendered in September, it was only now that the allies were able to liberate Rome from the Germans. -
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The Allies crossed the Rhine while Soviet forces were approaching Berlin from the East.