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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 ( Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania)
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Germany invades and captures Denmark and Normay
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Germany attacks Western Europe. Luxembourg, Netherlands, Belgium, and Northern France fall.
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the Battle of Guadalcanal
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Germany and the Sovient Union (USSR) sign the Nazi-Sovient Pact
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Great Britain and France declare war on Germany
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USSR attacks ponland from the east. Poland soon falls and is divied between the Germans and Russians
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Winter War between USSR and FInland. War ands when Finland cedes border lands to the USSR
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Slovakia, Hungary, Romania join the Axis Powers
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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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Germany joined by Axis allies and Finland attack the USSR
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2nd Battle of EI Alamein
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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 Japanese gain control over the Philippines, French Indochina, and Singapore.
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The United States declares war on Japan. Germany and Italy soon declare awr on the United States
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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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1st Battle of EI Alamein
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Battle of Stanlingrad
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Italy surrenders unconditonally
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Operation Overload, 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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FDR dies, Harry Truman becomes President
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Mussonlini is executed
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V-E Day
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Battle of Britain
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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
