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The Axis Attacks
Nazi forces stormed into Poland, revealing the enormous power of Hitler's "lightning war". -
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World War II
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France falls to Germany
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Germany launches the Blitz
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Germans defeated at Stalingrad
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Germany invades the Soviet Union
Hitler nullified the Nazi-Soviet Pact by invading in Operation Barbossa. About 3 million German soldiers invaded and caught Stalin unprepared. -
Germany seizes Leningrad
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Japan Attacks United States
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor -
D-Day
Allied planes dropped paratroopers behind enemy lines -
Agreement at Yalta
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Nazis defeated
