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Germany invades Poland
Official start of WWII -
Britain and France declare war on Germany
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Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
United States enters the war -
Battle of Stalingrad
USSR defeats Germany in the Battle of Stalingrad -
D-Day
Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. -
Germans surrender
Germany signed an unconditional surrender at Allied headquarters in Reims, France, to take effect the following day, ending the European conflict of World War II -
US drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima
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US drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki
Japan surrenders.
