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Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany, and appointed himself the "Supreme Leader" the next year.

(annefrank.org)

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Germany attacked Austria and Czechoslovakia. They were left unmatched due to other countries either focusing on their own political state, or trying to avoid conflict.

(loc.gov)

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Benito Mussolini joined alliance with Hitler under the pact of steel.

(encyclopedia.ushmm.org)

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France and Great Britain declared war on Germany, a few days after they raided Poland. This officially started WWII.

(encyclopedia.ushmm.org)

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German forces swept through Belgium and the Netherlands in what is known as a Blitzkrieg.

(history.com)

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Italy officially joined WWII after declaring war on France and Great Britain.

(nationalmuseum.af.mil)

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Marshal Petain offered a truce to Hitler after France was invaded 2 nights before. France ended up divided, half under German ruling, and half ruled under Petain. Hitler then began to focus on Britain.

(history.com)

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Hitler launched Operation Sea Lion, which were major attacks on Britain, including massive bombings, and night raids on London. Winston Churchill then began receiving crucial aid from the U.S.

(nationalmuseum.af.mil)

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Operation Barbarossa: an invasion of the Soviet Union. German troops got within 200 miles of Moscow, but further advances were delayed by disputes between Hitler and Nazi commanders, which led to a Soviet counteroffensive.

(history.com)

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Japanese aircrafts attacked Pearl Harbor. The United States declared war on Japan the next day, all other axis powers then declared war on the U.S.A., bringing them into WWII.

(nps.gov)

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The United States won the Battle of Midway after a series of losses against Japan, Allied countries then began to win many battles against Japan.

(nps.gov)

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Battle of Stalingrad: A Soviet counteroffensive against Germany in Stalingrad, Soviet troops encircled over 220,000 Nazis. After one of the bloodiest battles in history, Germany surrendered with roughly 91,000 troops left.

(ushmm.org)

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Mussolini's government fell after an Ally invasion in Italy.

(nationalmuseum.af.mil)

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D-Day: Roughly 160,000 Allied troops stormed the 50-mile long, heavily guarded, beaches of Normandy, France. With over 9,000 casualties and injuries, allies won the Battle, starting their push across war-torn Europe.

(army.mil)

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Battle of the Bulge: Hitler sent troops to push allied soldiers out of Germany, this was the last major German offensive battle. Soviet troops moved into Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Romania during the battle.

(history.com)

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Allied troops invaded Germany by land following major aerial attacks the month before.

(nationalmuseum.af.mil)

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Adolf Hitler took his own life in his Berlin Bunker, granting Admiral Karl Dönitz with power.

(history.com)

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With Allied forces (mostly Soviet) occupying most of the country, Germany formally surrendered.

(loc.gov)

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The Little Boy (1st atomic bomb) was dropped in the center of Hiroshima, Japan, the Fat Man (2nd bomb) was dropped 3 days later on Nagasaki.

(nps.gov)

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U.S. general, Douglas MacArthur, accepted Japan's formal surrender and agreeance to the Potsdam Declaration, ending the war.

(history.com)