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| History |
| World War II |
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| Adolf Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany, by President Paul von Hindenburg |
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30 January 1933 |
| Hitler becomes Führer of Germany (combining the offices of President and Chancellor) on the death of Hindenburg – under the terms of a law passed the previous day |
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2 August 1934 |
Chamberlain returns from Munich proclaiming "Peace for our time"
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30 September 1938 |
| Molotov – Ribbentrop Pact signed (in the early hours of – dated the day before) |
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24 August 1939 |
| German invasion of Poland began |
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1 September 1939 |
| Britain declared war on Germany |
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3 September 1939 |
| Bacon, butter and sugar are rationed in Britain |
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8 January 1940 |
| Churchill becomes Prime Minister, and Germany's offensive in the West begins |
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10 May 1940 |
| Churchill's "blood, toil, tears and sweat" speech |
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13 May 1940 |
| Evacuation of British forces from Dunkirk |
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3 June 1940 |
| Churchill's "We shall fight on the beaches" speech |
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4 June 1940 |
| Churchill's "This was their finest hour" speech |
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18 June 1940 |
| France surrenders to the Germans |
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22 June 1940 |
| "Channel battles" – the early skirmishes of the Battle of Britain – begin |
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10 July 1940 |
| Adlertag (Eagle Day) – the Battle of Britain begins in earnest |
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13 August 1940 |
| Churchill's "Never in the field of human conflict" speech |
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20 August 1940 |
| Hitler postpones the invasion of Britain "until the spring of 1941" – effectively ending the Battle of Britain |
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13 October 1940 |
| Hitler issues Directive 21, finally removing his threat to invade Britain |
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18 December 1940 |
| Battle of the Denmark Strait: German battleships Bismarck and Prinz Eugen sink HMS Hood |
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24 May 1941 |
| Sinking of the Bismarck |
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27 May 1941 |
| Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor |
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7 December 1941 |
| USA enters the war |
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8 December 1941 |
| British forces in Singapore surrender to the Japanese |
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15 February 1942 |
| Civilian petrol rationing abolished (private use of petrol by civilians is prohibited) |
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15 February 1942 |
| Battle of Midway |
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4–7 June 1942 |
| (Second) Battle of El Alamein |
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23 Oct – 5 Nov 1942 |
| Dam Busters raid |
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16 May 1943 |
| D-Day landings |
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6 June 1944 |
| Hitler narrowly escapes death by von Stauffenberg's bomb |
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20 July 1944 |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt dies – succeeded immediately by Harry S. Truman |
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12 April 1945 |
| Hitler marries Eva Braun (in the early hours of the morning of) |
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29 April 1945 |
| Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide (by gunshot and cyanide capsule respectively) |
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30 April 1945 |
| VE Day (the Allies accept Germany's surrender) |
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8 May 1945 |
| The first atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima |
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6 August 1945 |
| The second atom bomb dropped on Nagasaki |
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9 August 1945 |
| VJ Day (Emperor Hirohito announces Japan's acceptance of the terms of the Potsdam Declaration) |
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15 August 1945 |
| Japanese surrender on board USS Missouri |
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2 September 1945 |
| Petrol rationing ends in Britain |
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26 May 1950 |
| Sweet rationing ends in Britain |
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February 1953 |
| Sugar rationing ends in Britain |
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September 1953 |
| Meat becomes the last foodstuff to come off rationing in Britain |
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4 July 1954 |
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