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Hitler Threatens The Jewish Population
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Nazi's Take Czechoslovakia
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Nazi's Sign Pact With Italy
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Nazi's Sign Pact With Soviets
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Britain and Poland Sign Mutual Assistance Treaty
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British Fleet Mobilizes; Civilian Evacuation Starts in London
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War Begins
Germany invades Poland and begins the Second World War -
Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and France Declare War on Germany
Keeping their word on protecting Polish borders, four countries enter the war against Germany -
British RAF attacks the German Navy
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United States Proclaims Neutrality
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Canada Declares War on Germany; The Battle of the Atlantic Begins
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The Soviet Union Invades Poland
The Soviet Union invades Poland from the east. -
Warsaw Surrenders
Warsaw surrenders on September 27. The Polish government flees into exile via Romania. Germany and the Soviet Union divide Poland between them. -
Nazi Euthanasia On Sick And Disabled Begins In Germany
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Assasination Attempt On Hitler Fails
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Soviet Union Attacks Finland
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Soviet Union Is Expelled For The League of Nations
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Rationing in Britain Begins
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Finland Signs Peace Treaty With The Soviets
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Germans Bomb Scapa Flow Naval Base Near Scotland
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Germany Invades Denmark and Norway
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Nazis Invade Denmark And Norway
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Evacuation Of Allied Troops From Dunkirk Begins
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Nazis Invade France, Belgium, Luxembourg And The Netherlands; Winston Churchill Becomes British Prime Minister
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Holland Surrenders To The Nazis
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Belgium Surrenders To Nazis
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German U-Boats Attack Merchant Ships In The Atlantic
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French Vichy Government Breaks Off Relations With Britain
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Norway Surrenders To The Nazis; Italy Declare War On Britain And France
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Germans Enter Paris
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Marshal Pétain Becomes French Prime Minister
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Hitler and Mussolini Meet In Munich; Soviets Begin Occupation Of The Baltic Sates
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France Signs Armistice With Nazi Germany
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Hitler Tours Paris
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Britain Recognizes General Charles De Gaulle As The Free French Leader
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Germans Bomb Paris; Dunkirk Evacuation Ends
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The Battle of Great Britain Begins
The bombardment of British cities by the German Luftwaffe began -
Soviets Take Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia
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Italians Occupy British Somaliland In East Africa
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Germany Bombs Factories And Bases In Britain
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Hitler Declares Blockade On British Isles
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Italy Leaves The British Somlaliland
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The London Blitz Begins
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Italians Invade Egypt
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United States Military Conscription Act Is Passed
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Tripartite Pack Is Signed By Germany, Italy, and Japan
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German Troops Enter Romania
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Italy Invades Greece
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Battle of Great Britain Ends
The bombing of Great Britain has ended -
FDR Is Re-Elected As US President
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Hungary Joins The Axis Powers
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Greeks Defeat The Italian 9th Army
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Romania Joins The Axis Powers
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Massive German Air Raid On London
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The London Blitz Ends
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Pearl Harbor Naval Base Is Bombed By The Japanese Air Force
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Annie Hall Perkins Is ZBorn
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Famous Moment In Iwo Jima
Five Marines and a Navy hospital corpsman raise the flag on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, using a piece of Japanese pipe as a mast, February 23, 1945. Three of the flag raisers were later killed as the fighting raged on. By March 16, when Iwo Jima was declared secured, 6,821 Americans and 21,000 Japanese (the entire force) had died. The flag raising photo and subsequent statue came to symbolize being a Marine. -
VE Day
Victory In Europe. The Allied Powers beat Germany. -
FDR Dies, Truman Takes Over As President
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Bombing Of Hiroshima
B-17 Enola Gay drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. -
Bombing Of Nagasaki
B-17 Bockscar bombs the Japanese city of Nagasaki with the second atomic bomb built by the US. -
VJ Day
Victory In Japan Day. Allied Powers defeat Japan. -
SFC Bennie Paul Blount Is Born
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Diane L. Martin Is Born
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Martha Delight Blount Is Born
