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Germany invades Poland
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The 'Phoney War'
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Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany
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Soviet Union invades Eastern Poland
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Soviet Union invades Finland
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Germany begins occupation of Denmark and invades Norway
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Germany invades Belgium, Holland and Luxemburg
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British Prime Minister, Chamberlain resigns, replaced by Winston Churchill
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Start of Battle of Britain
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German Army enters Paris
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Germany, Italy and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact
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German Afrika Korps begin offensve in North Africe
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Soviets and Japanese sign neutrility pact
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Germany invades Soviet Union
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Germans attack Moscow, the capital of the Soviet Union
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Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour
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Japanese declare war on the USA
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Singapore falls to Japan
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Darwin bombed by the Japan
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Battle of Midway between Japan and the USA
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Australians fight the Japanese at Kokoda
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Battle of El Alamein begins, in which allied troops led by Australians defeat the Germans
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Allies (except Soviets) declare war on Japan
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German surrender at Stalingrad
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Surrender of the Axis Forces in North Africa
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Allied landings in Sicily
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Mussolini's Italian fascist government overthrown
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Italy signs armistace
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Soviets advance into Poland
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US landings on Iwo Jima
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Soviets enter Berlin
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Rome captured by Allies
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Operation Overlord (D-Day) allied invasion of Normandy
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German assasination attempt on Hitler fails
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Allies liberate Paris
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Surrender of Axis forces in Greece
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Franch capture Strasbourg
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German attack through Ardennes- Battle of the Bulge begins
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Soviets liberate Auschwitz
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Mussolini captured by partisans and executed
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Hitler committs suicide
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German unconditional surrender
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Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
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Japanese surrender
