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Germany Invades Poland
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Invasion of Norway
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Battle of Flanders
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Battle of Kiev
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Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor
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Italy Surrenders to Allies
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D-Day Landings
On this day, US, Canadian, and British troops invaded Normandy, France in an all out assault. The airborne assault began at midnight, and the infantry landed at 6:30am. -
Franklin Roosevelt Dies; Truman Takes Office
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Hitler Commits Suicide
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Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima
To put an end to Japanese resistance, the US dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima