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German invasion of Poland
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France and great Britain declare war on Germany
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Germany invades and takes control of Denmark and Norway.
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Winston Churchill becomes leader of the British government.
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Italy enters the war as a member of the Axis powers
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Germany launches an air attack on Great Britain. Battle of Britain
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Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact creating the Axis Alliance.
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Germany and the Axis Powers attack Russia.
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The Japanese attack the US Navy in Pearl Harbor.
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the US enters World War II on the side of the Allies.
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The US Navy defeats the Japanese navy at the Battle of Midway.
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The Allies invade and take the island of Sicily.
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Italy surrenders to the Allies
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D-day and the Normandy invasion.
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Paris is liberated from German control.
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The Germans launch a large attack in the Battle of the Bulge.
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US Marines invade the island of Iwo Jima.
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Adolf Hitler commits suicide as he knows Germany has lost the war.
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Germany surrenders to the Allies
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The United States drops the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.
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Another atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.
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Japan surrenders to US General Douglass MacArthur and the Allies.
