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| January 30,1933 | Hitler comes to power |
| March 12, 1938 | Aunchluss of Austria (Austria becomes part of Germany) |
| November 9, 1938 | Kristallnacht |
| August 23, 1939 | Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, non aggression agreement between USSR and Germany |
| September 1, 1939 | Germany invades Poland |
| September 17, 1939 | USSR invades Poland |
| June 10, 1940 | Italy enters war |
| June 22, 1941 | Germany invades the USSR |
| December 7, 1941 | Japan bombs Pearl Harbor |
| December 8, 1941 | United States and Britain declare war on Japan |
| December 11, 1941 | Italy and Germany declare war on the United States |
| June 4,1942 | Battle of Midway begins |
| June 22, 1942 | Germany invades the USSR |
| January 20, 1942 | Germany begins "Final Solution" (website) |
| September 8, 1943 | Italy signs the Armistice and joins the Allies |
| June 4, 1944 | American troops enter Rome |
| June 6, 1944 | Allies invade Normandy |
| December 16, 1944 | German troops launch the Battle of the Bulge |
| January 27, 1945 | Auschwitz is liberated by Russian army |
| February 19, 1945 | American marines land on Iwo Jima |
| April 21, 1945 | Soviet troops enter Berlin |
| April 29, 1945 | Dachau is liberated |
| April 30, 1945 | Hitler commits suicide |
| May 8, 1945 | VE Day marks Germany's unconditional surrender |
| August 6, 1945 | Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima |
| August 9, 1945 | Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki |
| September 2, 1945 | VJ Day commemorated in the U.S. |
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