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Japan seizes Manchuria
Japan takes over Manchuria to gain more resources. -
Hitler comes to power.
Adolf Hitler comes to power promising that he will lead Germany out of their economic depression. -
Hitler Attacks Poland.
Hitler ordered the German army to invade Polland to gain more land. -
Auschwitz Established
One of Germany's worst concentration camps is established by the end of the war over !,000,000 prisoners were held there. -
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Miracle at Dunkirk
Allied were narrowly evacuated from the beaches of Dunkirk. -
Operation Barbosa Begins
Germany begins their attempt to invade the Soviet Union. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, a US naval base. -
Battle of Midway
Japan tries to attack a fleet of navy ships to weaken the US. -
D-Day
Allied troops fought on the beaches of Normandy to take over France. -
FDR dies
The 32nd president of the United States FDR dies. -
Hitler Dies
Adolf Hitler commits suicide. -
Germany Surrenders (VE-Day)
Germany surrenders to the Allied Forces. -
USA Bombs Hiroshima.
The US drops the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. -
USA bombs Nagasaki
The US drops the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki. -
Japan surrenders (VJ-Day)
Japan surrenders to the allies, ending the Second World War
