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Nazi's invade Poland
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Britain, France, Australia declare war on Germany
Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany -
Soviets invade Poland
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Soviets attack Finland
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Finland signs a peace treaty with Soviets
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Nazis invade Denmark and Norway
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Belgium surrenders to the Nazis
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Norway surrenders to the Nazis
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Italy declares war on Britain and France
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Italy invades Greece
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British forces arrive in Greece
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Nazis invade Greece and Yugoslavia
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Yugoslavia surrenders to the Nazis
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Greece surrenders to the Nazis
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Allies invade Syria and Lebanon
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British occupy Syria
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Nazis murder 33,771 Jews at Kiev
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Hitler takes complete control of the German Army
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Germans take Sevastopol
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Stalin and Churchill meet in Moscow
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Battle of Stalingrad begins
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Battle of the Barents Sea between German and British ships
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Soviet troops take Kursk
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Allies bomb Rome
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Germans occupy Rome
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Soviet troops advance into Poland
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Allies land at Anzio in Italy
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Allies enter Rome
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Slovak uprising begins
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Civil War in Greece; Athens placed under martial law
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Soviet troops besiege Budapest
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Soviets reach Berlin
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German troops in Italy surrender
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Soviets declares war on Japan and invade Manchuria
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United Nations is born
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Nuremberg war crimes trials begin
The former leaders of Hitler's Third Reich on trial in Nuremberg, Germany -
Hermann Göring commits suicide two hours before his scheduled execution