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Social Science Timeline Flashcards

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Mukden Incident between Nationalist Chinese and Imperial Japanese, leads to invasion of Manchuria by Japan

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September 18, 1931

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Italy invades Ethiopia, lasts until May 1936

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October 3, 1935

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Hitler remilitarizes the Rhineland

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March 7, 1936

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Outbreak of Spanish Civil War

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July 18, 1936

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Rome-Berlin Axis announced

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November 1, 1936

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Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan sign Anti-Comintern Pact

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November 25, 1936

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Japan invades China, starts Sino-Japanese War

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July 7, 1937

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Nazi Germany carries out Anschluss with Austria

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March 11-13, 1938

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Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, Great Britain, France sign Munich Agreement, ceding Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia to Germany

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September 29, 1938

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Germany absorbs remainder of Czechoslovakia in violation of Munich Agreement

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March 15, 1939

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Spanish Civil War ends

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April 1, 1939

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12
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Italy annexes Albania

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April 12, 1939

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Germany and Soviet Union sign Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, includes secret protocol for division of Poland

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August 23, 1939

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Hitler signs ordering for invasion of Poland.

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August 31, 1939

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Germany invades Poland, starting WWII in Europe

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September 1, 1939

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16
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Great Britain and France declare war on Germany

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September 3, 1939

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Soviet Union invades Poland

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September 17, 1939

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Surrender of Warsaw and partition of Poland between Germany and Soviet Union

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September 27, 1939

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19
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Soviet Union invades Finland, starting Winter War that lasts until March 12, 1940

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November 30, 1939

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Germany invades Denmark and Norway, Denmark surrenders immediately, Norway holds out until June 9

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April 9, 1940

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Germany begins invasion of Low Countries (Netherlands, Belgium) and France

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May 10, 1940

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Evacuation of British forces from Dunkirk begins

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May 26, 1940

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23
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Italy declares war on France.

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June 10, 1940

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France signs armistice with Germany, leaves Great Britain as only major European power opposed to Hitler

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June 22, 1940

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Battle of Britain begins, lasts until October 31

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July 10, 1940

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Italy invades British-controlled Egypt

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September 13, 1940

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Japanese troops occupy French Indochina (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia)

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September 22, 1940

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Germany, Italy, Japan sign Tripartite Agreement

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September 27, 1940

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29
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Italy invades Greece

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October 28, 1940

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30
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Lend-Lease Bill introduced in US Congress

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January 10, 1941

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31
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Hitler dispatches Afrika Korps to North African to aid Italy

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February 6, 1941

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32
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Germany invades Yugoslavia and Greece

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April 6, 1941

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33
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Germany launches Operation Barbarossa, invasion of Soviet Union

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June 22, 1941

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34
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Japanese surprise attack of US Pacific Fleet base at Pearl Harbor

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December 7, 1941

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35
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US declares war on Japan, Japan invade Philippines and Singapore

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December 8, 1941

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36
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Germany and Italy declare war on US

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December 11, 1941

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37
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Wannsee Conference, lays groundwork for Final Solution

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January 20, 1942

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38
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Battle of the Java Sea

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February 27, 1942

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39
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Last American forces in Bataan Peninsula surrender

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April 9, 1942

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40
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Doolittle Raid on Tokyo

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April 18, 1942

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41
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American forces on island of Corregidor in Manila Bay surrender

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May 6, 1942

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42
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Battle of the Coral Sea halts Japanese attempt to seize Port Moresby

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May 7-8, 1942

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Battle of Midway turns tide of war in Pacific in favor of US

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June 4-7, 1942

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US Marines land on island of Guadalcanal, starting American offensive in Pacific

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August 7, 1942

45
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Battle of Stalingrad begins

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August 23, 1942

46
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British Eighth Army in Egypt scores key victory over Rommel at Second Battle of El Alamein

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October 23-24, 1942

47
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American and British troops invade Vichy French-controlled North African in Operation Torch

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November 8, 1942

48
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Soviets launch major counter-offensive in Stalingrad

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November 19, 1942

49
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Casablanca Conference

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January 14-24, 1943

50
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German Sixth Army surrenders at Stalingrad

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January 31, 1943

51
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Battle of Kasserine Pass

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February 14, 1943

52
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Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins

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April 19, 1943

53
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Axis forces in Tunisia surrender to Allies

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May 12, 1943

54
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Battle of Kursk

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July 5, 1943

55
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Americans and British begin invasion of Sicily in preparation for invasion of Italy

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July 10, 1943

56
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Mussolini ousted as prime minister, replaced by Pietro Badoglio

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July 25, 1943

57
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Allied troops land in Italy

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September 3, 1943

58
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Italy surrenders to Allies, leading to German seizure of key installations and sites around the country

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September 8, 1943

59
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American troops come ashore at Salerno, Italy

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September 9, 1943

60
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Americans attack island of Tarawa in Pacific

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November 20-23, 1943

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Cairo Conference

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November 22-26, 1943

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Allies land at Anzio, Italy, aim to break stalemate along Gustav Line anchored on Monte Cassino

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January 22, 1944

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Allied bombing of abbey at Monte Cassino

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February 15, 1944

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Allies break through Gustav Line in central Italy

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May 11, 1944

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Allies carry out Operation Overlord, invasion of France (D-Day)

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June 6, 1944

66
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Americans invade island of Saipan in Pacific

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June 17, 1944

67
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“The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot,” aka Battle of the Philippines Sea

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June 19, 1944

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Operation Bagration launched by Red Army on Eastern Front

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June 22, 1944

69
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US secures Saipan

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July 10, 1944

70
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Failed assassination attempt against Hitler by members of German Army

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July 20, 1944

71
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Liberation of Majdanek

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July 24, 1944

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Operation Cobra allows Allies to break out of Normandy beachheads

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July 25, 1944

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Warsaw Uprising begins, as Polish Home Army tries to wrest control of Warsaw from Nazis; continues until early October when Germans succeed in stopping it

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August 1, 1944

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Americans and French carry out Operation Dragoon, invasion of southern France

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August 15, 1944

75
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Paris liberated by Free French forces

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August 25, 1944

76
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Americans land on island of Peleliu in Pacific

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September 15, 1944

77
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Operation Market-Garden begins

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September 17, 1944

78
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Americans land on Leyte, beginning American liberation of the Philippines

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October 20, 1944

79
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systematic bombing of Japan by US begins

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November 1944

80
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German offensive in the Ardennes (Battle of the Bulge) starts

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December 16, 1944

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German advance in Battle of the Bulge halted 30 miles west of Bastogne (Belgium)

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December 25, 1944

82
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German siege of Bastogne lifted by American armor units

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December 26, 1944

83
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Soviets launch major offensive along Eastern Front, will lead to capture of Warsaw and Krakow

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January 12, 1945

84
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Liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau

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January 27, 1945

85
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Yalta Conference

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February 4-11, 1945

86
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Dresden bombing carried out by British and US

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February 13-15, 1945

87
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US Marines land on island of Iwo Jima in Pacific

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February 19, 1945

88
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Americans cross into Germany at Remagen

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March 7, 1945

89
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Firebombing of Tokyo

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March 9, 1945

90
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American invasion of island of Okinawa begins

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April 1, 1945

91
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Liberation of Buchenwald

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April 11, 1945

92
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FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes president

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April 12, 1945

93
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Liberation of Bergen-Belsen

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April 15, 1945

94
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Soviets launch final offensive against Berlin

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April 16, 1945

95
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Liberation of Dachau

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April 29, 1945

96
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Hitler commits suicide in underground bunker as Soviets close in on central Berlin

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April 30, 1945

97
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Germany surrenders to Allies

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May 7, 1945

98
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Trinity Test, first successful detonation of atomic weapon, conducted at Alamogordo, NM

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July 16, 1945

99
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Potsdam Conference

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July 17-August 2, 1945

100
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First atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima

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August 6, 1945

101
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Soviet Union declares war on Japan and invades Manchuria

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August 8, 1945

102
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Second atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki

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August 9, 1945

103
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Japan accepts unconditional surrender terms

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August 10, 1945

104
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Japan signs surrender agreement in Tokyo Harbor, ending WWII

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September 2, 1945

105
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Nuremberg War Crimes Trials begin

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November 20, 1945

106
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Tokyo War Crimes Trials begin

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May 3, 1946

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