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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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