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Germany Invades Poland
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Britain and France declare war on Germany
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First battleship sunk by German U-boats - Battle of the Atlantic begins
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Soviet Union invades Poland
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Poland capital Warsaw pledges loyalty to Germany and Poland split equally between Soviet Union and Germany
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BEF placed along Belgium-German border
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Allied forces at Dunkirk all evacuated
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Campaign in Northern Africa begins - fighting in Libya mainly
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German soldiers enter Paris
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The Battle of Britain
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The London Blitz
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Germany, Italy and Japan sign pact
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Italien forces invade Mediteranean including Greece and Malta
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Royal Navy sink the Bismarck
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Germany invades The Soviet Union - Operation Barbarossa
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Japanese surprise attack of Pearl Harbour - Pacific war begins
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Japanese attack Sydney (Australia)
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USA begins work on the Manhattan Project
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Germans surrender at Stalingrad
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Germans and Italians surrender in Northern Africa
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Mussolini quits being Italian dictator
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Italy surrenders just 5 days after Allies invade mainland Italy
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Siege of Leningrad ends after 900 days of starvation
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Rome is Liberated
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D-Day marks start of Allied come back
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Paris is Liberated from German rule
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Airborne invasion of The Netherlands begins
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Auchwitz Concentration camp Liberated
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Red Army (Soviets) approach outskirts of Berlin
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Americans and Soviets meet in the middle of Berlin
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Italian Partisans kill Mussolini
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Germany anounce Hitler is dead
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Germany surrenders
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End of war in Europe
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Atomic bomb hits Hiroshima
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Second atomic bomb hits Nagasaki
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Allied Nations celebrate the end of the war
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Japan finally surrenders
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United Nations is formed