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Germany invades Poland-Official start of WWII
Official start of WWII -
Roosevelt delivers the Four Freedoms speech
Talks about the future of the world -
Germany invades Soviet Union
Hitler breaks treaty -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
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Germany declares war on the United States
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Americans destroy 4 Japanese aircraft carriers
Battle of Midway -
Soviets Win!
The Soviet Union finally defeats Germany in the Battle of Stalingrad. -
Germans begins the mass deportation of about 440,000 Jews from Hungary
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Allies launch invasion of France
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D-Day
Allied troops landed along a coastline to fight Nazi Germany in Normandy, France -
Allies invade Sicily
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Soviet troops liberate the Auschwitz camp complex
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Adolf Hitler commits suicide in Berlin
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Germany surrenders to the Western Allies
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Victory in Europe
Nazi germany's surrender -
Germany surrenders to the Soviets
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Japanese surrender
After the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese finally surrender.