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Germany invaded Poland
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France declared war on Germany
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USSR invaded Poland
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USSR invanded Finland
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Dunkirk
The Dunkirk evacuation, code-named Operation Dynamo and also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, was the evacuation of Allied soldiers during World War II from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, in the north of France -
Invasion of France
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Battle of England
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Pearl Harbour
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Battle of Coral sea
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Battle of Stalingrado
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El Alamein
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Tarawa
The Battle of Tarawa was a battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that was fought on 20–23 November 1943. It took place at the Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands, and was part of Operation Galvanic, the U.S. invasion of the Gilberts. -
Battle of montecasino
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Operation Bagration
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Okinawa
The Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Marine and Army forces against the Imperial Japanese Army. -
Iwo Lima
was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps and Navy landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army -
Hirosima/ Nagasaki bomb
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End of WWII in Europe
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Japan’s surrender
The surrender of Imperial Japan was announced by Japanese Emperor Hirohito on August 15 and formally signed on September 2, 1945, bringing the hostilities of World War II to a close. -
Kursk