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Germany invades Poland
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France and Great Britain declare war on Germany
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Stalin occupies the easter half of Poland
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Germany invades Denmark and Norway
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Germany begins a sweep through Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg
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Germans take over Paris
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The Battle of Britain starts - Germany attacks London
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Italy attacks North Africa
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Great Britain goes to North Africa and takes 130,000 Italian prisioners
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Hitler invades Yugoslavia and Greece
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The Battle of Britain ends
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Germany invades the Soviet Union
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Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
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Japan attacks the Philippines
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Japan invades Singapore
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The U.S. defeats Japan in the Battle of Midway
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The United States starts the Battle of Guadalcanal
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Allied forces invade Italy
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D-Day - Allies begin their invasion of the European mainland
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War in Okinawa ends between Japan and the U.S.
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The U.S. drops an atomic bomb in Hiroshima