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Germany invades Poland.
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Australia, New Zealand, France and Britain declare War on Germany.
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Canada declares war on Germany.
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Finland signs peace treaty with Soviet Union.
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Germany invades Denmark and Norway.
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Germany invades Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg.
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Holland surrenders to Germany.
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Evacuation of British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk.
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Belgium surrenders to Germany.
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Italy declares war on Britain and France.
As well as capitulation/surrender of Norway. -
German army enters Paris.
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Germany begins occupation of Channel Islands.
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Battle of Britain begins.
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Italy begins occupation of British Somaliland.
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Italy invades Egypt.
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German army moves into Rumania.
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Italy invades Greece.
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Italian 9th Army defeated by Greeks.
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British recapture Sollum (Egypt).
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Australians capture Bardia, Libya.
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British and Austalians capture Tobruk.
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British and Australians capture Benghazi.
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Bulgaria joins Axis.
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German Afrika Korps begins offensive in N. Africa.
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Germany invades Yugoslavia and Greece.
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Germans occupy Belgrade.
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Yugoslav army surrenders to Germans.
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Germans capture Thessalonika
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Germans capture Athens.
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Germans take Sollum.
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British re-capture Sollum.
Also re-capture Halfaya. -
German airborne invasion of Crete.
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British forces in Crete are defeated.
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Allied forces invade Syria.
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Germany invades Soviet Union
Operation Barbarossa.
Italy and Rumania declare war on Soviets. -
Hungary and Slovakia declare war on Soviets.
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Finland declares war on Soviets.
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German army occupies Estonia.
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Siege of Leningrad starts.
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Kharkov falls to Germans.
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Germans attack Moscow.
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Germans put attack on Moscow on halt.
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Japanese declare war on USA.
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour.
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour. -
Allies declare war on Japan
Not including Soviets. -
Germany declares war on USA.
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Japanese capture Hong Kong.
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Japanese take Kuala Lumpur.
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Singapore falls to Japanese.
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Japanese enter Rangoon.
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British capture Madagascar.
Surrender of all US forces on Phillipines. -
Germans defeat Soviets.
At Kharkov. -
Battle of Midway.
4 Japanese carriers sunk. -
Sevastopol falls to Germans.
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Brazil declares war on Germany and Italy.
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Battle of El Alamein begins.
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Operation Torch begins.
Allies invade NW Africa. -
Soviets advance into Poland.
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Casablanca Conference begins.
Roosevelt demands "Unconditional Surrender". -
German surrender at Stalingrad.
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German Army re-takes Kharkov.
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Surrender of Axis forces in North Africa.
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Operation Husky.
Allied landings in Sicily. -
Soviets re-capture Kharkov.
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Italy signs armistice.
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Germans occupy Rome.
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Soviets re-take Smolensk.
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Official Italian Government declares war on Germany.
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Soviets re-capture Kiev.
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Allied landings in Anzio.
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Soviets re-capture Kharkov.
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Hungary occupied by German Army.
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Sevastopol falls to Soviets.
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Rome captured by Allies.
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Operation Neptune/Overlord.
Allied invasion of Normandy. -
US Army captures Cherbourg.
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Japanese defeat on Saipan.
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German assassination attempt on Hitler fails.
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US landings on Guam.
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Beginning of Operation Cobra.
Allied breakout from Normandy. -
Soviets take Brest-Litovsk.
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Allies liberate Florence.
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Operation Anvil.
Allied landings in South of France. -
Allies liberate Paris.
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Germans abandon Bulgaria.
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Soviets declare war on Bulgaria.
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Operation Market Garden.
Failed airborne assault in Holland. -
Estonia occupied by Soviets.
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Soviets enter Yugoslavia.
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Allies land in Greece.
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Soviets enter East Prussia.
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Surrender of Axis forces in Greece.
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German attack through Ardennes.
Battle of the Bulge begins. -
Germans withdraw from Ardennes.
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German Ardennes "Bulge" eliminated.
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Japanese retreat to Chinese coast.
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Manila falls to Allies.
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Koblenz falls to Allies.
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Japanese evacuate Mandalay.
US landings on Iwo Jima. -
Saarbrucken captured by Allies.
Danzig captured by Soviets. -
US invades Okinawa.
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Hanover falls to Allies.
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Soviets and Yugoslavs sign treaty.
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Nuremburg falls to Allies.
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Soviets enter Berlin.
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Hitler commits suicide.
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German forces in Italy surrender.
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German forces in Holland, Denmark and North West Germany surrender
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Ceasefire on Western Front.
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German unconditional surrender.
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VE Day declared.
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Soviets occupy Prague.
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Australians invade Borneo.
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Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
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Soviets declare war on Japan.
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Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki.
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Japanese surrender.
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VJ Day declared.
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British land in Singapore.
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Japanese surrender Shanghai.
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Surrender of remaining Japanese forces in China.
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Japanese surrender in Burma.
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Japanese surrender in Hong Kong.