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Nazis and Italy signed Pact
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Nazis invade Poland
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Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany
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Soviets invade Poland
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Soviet Union expelled from the League of Nations
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Germans enter Paris
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France signs an armistice with Nazi Germany
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First German air raids on Central London
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Tripartite (Axis) Pact signed by Germany, Italy and Japan
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Germany attacks Soviet Union
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Allies bomb Rome
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United States and Britain declare war on Japan
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First all-American air attack in Europe
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Battle of Stalingrad begins
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Operation Torch begins (U.S. invasion of North Africa)
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Battle of the Barents Sea between German and British ships
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Nazis arrest White Rose resistance leaders in Munich
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Germans begin a withdrawal from Tunisia, Africa
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British bombing raid on Hamburg
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Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin meet at Teheran
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Allies enter Rome
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Assassination attempt by German Army officers against Hitler fails
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Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin meet at Yalta
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First atomic bomb dropped, on Hiroshima, Japan
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Second atomic bomb dropped, on Nagasaki, Japan
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Japan agree surrendar