what were the key events of ww2?
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Auschwitz liberated by Soviet troops. Russians reach Berlin: Hitler commits suicide and Germany surrenders on 7 May. Truman becomes President of the US on Roosevelt's death, and Attlee replaces Churchill. After atomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan surrenders on 14 August.
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There were two major alliances during World War II: the Axis and the Allies. The three principal partners in the Axis alliance were Germany, Italy, and Japan.
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On this day in 1939, German forces under the control of Adolf Hitler bombard Poland on land and from the air. World War II had begun.
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The war in Europe concluded with an invasion of Germany by the Western Allies and the Soviet Union, culminating in the capture of Berlin by Soviet troops, the suicide of Adolf Hitler and the German unconditional surrender on 8 May 1945.
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['1903: Kishinev Pogrom.', '1904-1905: Russo-Japanese War.', '1905: Peace Conference, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.', '1914: Outbreak of World War I.', '1917: Russian Revolution of 1917.', '1917: U.S. Recognition of the Provisional Government.', '1917-1933: The October Bolshevik Revolution.', '1933: U.S. Recognition of the Soviet Union.']
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The Blitz, (September 1940–May 1941), nighttime bombing raids against London and other British cities by Nazi Germany during World War II. The raids followed the failure of the German Luftwaffe to defeat Britain's Royal Air Force in the Battle of Britain (July–September 1940).
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The punishing, three-day Allied bombing attack on Dresden from February 13 to 15 in the final months of World War II became among the most controversial Allied actions of the war. The 800-bomber raid dropped some 2,700 tons of explosives and incendiaries and decimated the German city.
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Hitler had long planned an invasion of Poland, a nation to which Great Britain and France had guaranteed military support if it were attacked by Germany. ... On September 1, 1939, Hitler invaded Poland from the west; two days later, France and Britain declared war on Germany, beginning World War II.
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['Treaty of Versailles. The Treaty of Versailles ended World War I between Germany and the Allied Powers. ... ', 'Japanese Expansion. ... ', 'Fascism. ... ', 'Hitler and the Nazi Party. ... ', 'Appeasement. ... ', 'Great Depression. ... ', 'Interesting Facts about the Causes of World War 2. ... ', 'Activities.']
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On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. To justify the action, Nazi propagandists falsely claimed that Poland had been planning, with its allies Great Britain and France, to encircle and dismember Germany and that Poles were persecuting ethnic Germans.
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['1931 Manchurian Incident.', '1937 Second Sino-Japanese War starts.', '1941 Pacific War starts.', '1945 Japan surrenders after atomic bombs are dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki.', '1946 The new constitution is promulgated.', '1952 The Allied Occupation of Japan ends.', '1956 Japan becomes member of the UN.']
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Nazi leader Adolf Hitler claimed the massive invasion was a defensive action, but Britain and France were not convinced. On September 3, they declared war on Germany, initiating World War II. To Hitler, the conquest of Poland would bring Lebensraum, or “living space,” for the German people.
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The war erupted on September 1, 1939, and it did not end until September 2, 1945. With over thirty countries involved in the war, World War II absolutely reached the point of being the largest, deadliest, and most destructive nationwide war to date.
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['2010 A massive earthquake strikes Chile. ... ', '2002 A Muslim mob set fire to a train carrying Hindu pilgrims. ... ', '1943 Non-violent protests in Berlin prevent the deportation of 2000 jews. ... ', "1933 Germany's parliament building is set on fire. ... ", '1932 The neutron is discovered. ... ', '1994 Hou Yifan. ... ', '1934 Ralph Nader. ... ', '1932 Elizabeth Taylor.']
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["Soviet zone and the Allies' rights of access to Berlin. ... ", 'Focus on Berlin and the elections of 1946. ... ', 'Moves towards a West German state. ... ', 'April Crisis and the Little Air Lift. ... ', 'Currency crisis.']
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['Mount St. Helens erupts. ... ', "Rubik's Cube Debuts. ... ", 'Start of Iran -- Iraq War. ... ', 'CNN Launches. ... ', 'The Staggers Act. ... ', 'Post-It Notes. ... ', 'US defeats Soviet Union in ice hockey in what was labeled the "Miracle on Ice" ... ', 'Former Beatle John Lennon is shot to death.']
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['The Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor.', 'Japanese Control of China and Asia.', "Germany's Aggression and Unrestricted Submarine Warfare Sinking U.S. Ships.", 'Fear of German Expansion and Invasion.']