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Hitler invades Poland
Britan and France declare war on Germany -
France surrendered to Germany
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Vinchy Regime was French government
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German air war attacks against Britan
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Germany invades Russia
Germany invaded Russia, Russian winter stopped German advances -
attempt to destroy British airforce failed
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Pearl Harbor
suprise attack by Japaneese naval base,US declares war on Japan as a result, Germany declares war on US -
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Battle of Midway
fight in the pacific ocean, Japaneese rolled over Philipines, South Asia, and East Indies lasting four days -
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Guadal Canal
allied forces carried out invasion on Island of Guadal Canal -
Battle of Stalingrand
Russians won their first victory in battle -
Italy surrenders
New government of Italy surrenders to Germany and the US agreed to join the allies, Germans took control of their army -
Allies meet at Tehran
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Cano Decleration
Allied powers announce the Cano Decleration in which all three declare their intention to establish international organization to maintain peace and security -
D-Day
invasion of Normady -
German troops ordered to firm as Red army crosses into Poland
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Paris is Liberated from German control
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Franklin Rosevelt wins his fourth consecutive term as the US president
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Germans launch a large attack in the battle of the Bulge
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landing at luzog starts large scale US invasion of the Philipines
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Yalta conference
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victory in Europe (VE day) - Germany surrenders
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US begins final land offensive at Okinawa
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US drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima
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Soviet Union declares war on Japan and invades Manchuria
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US drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki
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victory in Japan (VJ) day - Japan surrenders
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massive allied bombing of Tokyo