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Invasion of Poland
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U.S. Declares Neutrality
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Italy declares war on France and Britain
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Battle of Britain begins
July 10, 1940 -
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Hungary and Romania join the Axis Powers
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Germany besieges Leningrad
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Pearl Harbor
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor -
FDR Declares War on the Axis Powers
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Germany and Italy declare war on U.S.
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Soviets Begin to Push Germans Back from Stalingrad
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Surrender at Stalingrad
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Allies Take Over North Africa
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Allies Land in Sicily
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Italy Surrenders to Allies
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Italy Declares War on Germany
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Leningrad's Siege Ends
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Allies Enter Rome
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D-Day in France
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Liberation of Paris
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Axis Forces in Greece Surrender
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U.S. Landings on Iwo Jima
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FDR Dies and Harry Truman Becomes U.S. President
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Victory in Europe Day
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Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima
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Russia Declares War on Japan
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Atomic Bomb Dropped on Nagasaki
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Japan Surrenders
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Victory in Japan Day
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WWII Ends