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Hitler and Mussolini form the Axis Powers.
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World War II Main Events Impact
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Hitler Invades Poland and World War II begins.
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Italy declares war on France and Great Britain, then Italy invades Poland.
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Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, causing the U.S. to declare war on the Axis Powers.
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Battle of Midway
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Germany 6th Army surrenders at Stalingrad.
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D-Day in Normandy, France.
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Benito Mussolini & Adolf Hitler deaths.
Benito Mussolini was shot and killed. Meanwhile a couple days later, Adolf Hitler commits suicide. -
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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V-J Day
Victory over Japan in America.