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Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
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Germany invades Poland, and Britain and France give Hitler ultimatum.
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Declare war.
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Nazis invade Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg
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Italy declares war on France and Britain invades France
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Nazis bomb Coventry, England.
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Germans launch attack in Balkans. Yugoslavia surrenders.
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Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbour. Philippines, Guam
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U.S., Britain and Australia declare war on Japan.
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British surrender Singapore to Japanese.
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Casablanca Conference- Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt agree on unconditional surrender goal
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German 6th Arm surrenders at Stalingrad-turning point of war in Russia.
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Confernece: Franklin Roosevelt, Chruchill, Stalin agree on invasion plans.
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U.S and British troops land at anzio on west italian coast and hold beach head.
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D-Day- Allies launch Normandy invasion
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Americans invade Philippenes
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Mussolini killed at lake Como
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Suicide of Hitler announced
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Allies declare V-E Day
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Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima by U.S.
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U.S.S.R. declares war on Japan
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Japan agrees to surrender
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V-J Day Japanese signs surrender terms aboard battleship Missouri