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start of the war
Germans invade Poland -
War becomes global
Germany, along with other European Axis members and Finland, invaded the Soviet Union -
Pearl Harbor attack
Japan attacked British and American holdings with near simultaneous offensives against Southeast Asia and the Central Pacific -
Japan surrenders
Japan surrendered -
End of World War 2
with the surrender documents finally signed aboard the deck of the American battleship USS Missouri on September 2, 1945, ending the war.[203]
