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Germany Invades Poland
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Germany Signs A Nonaggression Pact With The Soviet Union
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Germany Invades the Soviet Union
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Pearl Harbor
Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, killing more than 2,300 Americans. The U.S.S. Arizona was completely destroyed and the U.S.S. Oklahoma capsized. A total of twelve ships sank or were beached in the attack and nine additional vessels were damaged. More than 160 aircraft were destroyed and more than 150 others damaged. -
D-Day
More than 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline, to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy. -
VE Day
Victory in Europe marked the formal end of Hitler's war. With it came the end of six years of misery, suffering, courage and endurance across the world. -
Japan Surrenders