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Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the Nazi Party
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Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy
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Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR)
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Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany
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Neutrality Act passed by US Congress
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Militarist take control of Japanese Government
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Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty
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Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps
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Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin
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Germany invades France and forces it to surrender
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Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades -USSR now joins England in fighting the Germans
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Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter
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Pearl Harbor in Hawaii attacked by Japanese Naval and Air forces, US declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy declare war on the US
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Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific
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Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min.
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FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President
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V-E Day, war ends in Europe
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V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces
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War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan