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Italy invades Greece
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Battle of the Alantic
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The Japanese launch a suprise attack on the U.S naval base in Pearl Harbour and Hawaii
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Germany and the Soviet Union (USSR) sign the Nazi-Soviet Pact
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Germany attacks Poland
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Italy surrenders unconditionally
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USSR attacks poland from the East. Poland soon falls and is divided between the Germans and Russians
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Winter War between USSR and Finland. War ends when Finland cedes border lands to the USSR.
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Great Britian and France declare war on Germany
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The United States declares war on Japan Germany and Italy soon declare war on the Unites States
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Slovaki, Hungary, Romania join the Axis Powers
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Germany invades and captures Denmark and Norway
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Germany attacks Western Europe. Luxembourg, Netherlands, Belgium and Northen France fall
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Italy joins the war and, on June 27, invades Southern France
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USSR gain control over Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania)
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Battle of Britain
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Italy invades British controlled Egypt
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Germany, Italy and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact
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German Afrika Korps are sent to the North Africa to reinforce the Italians
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Germany joined by Axis Allies and Finland attack the USSR
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The Japanese gain control over the Philippines, French Indochina and Singapore
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The Bataan Death March begins as the Imperial Japanese Army forces Filipino and American prisoners of war to march 60 tortured-filled miles
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The Battle of Coral Sea
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The Battle of Midway
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1st battle of El Almein
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The Battle of Guadalcanal
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Battle of Stalingrad
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2nd world of El Almein
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Operation overlord, D-Day
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Paris is liberated
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Battle of the Bulge
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Yalta Conference
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Battle of Iwo Jima
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Battle of Okinawa
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Mussolini is excuted
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Hitler commits suicide
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V-E Day
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Potsdam Conference
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U.S drops an Atomic bomb on Hiroshima
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U.S drops an Atomic bomb on Nagasaki
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V-J Day
