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slovakia, hungary, romania join the axis powers
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battle of the Atlantic
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germany invades and captures denmark and norway
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germany and the soviet union (ussr) sign the nazis-soviet pact
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germany attack poland
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great britain and france declare war on germany
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ussr attack poland from the east
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germany italy and japan sign the tripartite pact
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winter war between ussr and finland
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germany attacks western europe.luxembourg,netherlands belgium, and northern france fall
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italy joins the war and on june 27 invades southern france
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ussr gains control over the baltic states
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germany joined by axis allies and finland attack the ussr
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Battle of Britain
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italy invades british controlled egypt
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italy invades greece
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german afrika korps are sent to north africa to reinforce the italians
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bulgaria joins the axis powers
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the japanese launch a suprise attack on the u.s. naval base in pearl harbour,hawaii.
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the united states declares war on japan.Germany and italy soon declare war on the united states
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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 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 the midway
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1st battle of El Alamein
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Battle of Stalingrad
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paris is liberated
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2nd battle of El Alamein
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italy surrenders unconditionally
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operation overlord d-day
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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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fdr dies harry truman becomes president
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mussolini is executed
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Hitler commits suicide
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v-e day
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potsdam conference
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us drops an atomic bomb on hiroshima
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us drops atomic bomb on nagasaki
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v-j day
