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Japan Starts us Off
The Japanese army invades Manchuria. -
Formation of the "Axis"
Hitler and Mussolini sign a treaty of friendship and form the "Axis". -
Death
Hitler orders the first euthanasia on a German "unworthy of life", the beginning of program T4 to eliminate all physical and mentally handicapped citizens. -
Pear Harbor
The Japanese navy attacks the USA fleet at Pearl Harbor. -
War
Britain and the USA declare war on Japan. -
Final Solution
Reinhard Heydrich plans a "final solution" for the Jews, with Adolf Eichmann in charge of rounding up all Jews outside Poland, and Jews executed upon arrival in Minsk, Kaunas and Riga. -
Japan Again
Australia and the USA crush the last Japanese resistance at Buna in New Guinea, ending the myth of Japanese invincibility. -
D-Day
The Allies land in Normandy and begin the invasion of France ("D-Day") in the largest amphibious operation of all times, involving more than 5,000 ships and 8,000 aircraft. -
The Fall of Hitler
While Soviet troops close in on his bunker, Adolf Hitler commits suicide together with Joseph Goebbels. -
The Rise of the U.N.
The winning powers create the United Nations.