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Germany, under Adolf Hitler, and the Soviet Union, under Stalin, sign the Nonaggression Pact, which secretly accepts Germany’s plan to invade Poland. And they promised to don't attacked each other
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Germany and the Sovietic Union invaded Poland, and French & Britain reacted declaring war to Germany, satarting the WWII in Europe
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The US stops sending supplying with aviation fuel to Japan and stops sharing technical information with Japan
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Germany conquers France. German troops occupy northern and western France.
Italy, under fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, declares war on England and France.
Battle of the Atlantic begins as German submarines, -
Japanese troops begin to occupy the French colony of Indochina.
The United States responds by cutting off oil exports to Japan. -
German warplanes begin bombing London every night for 57 nights in attacks that will continue until May 1941.
Germany, Italy, and Japan sign a treaty (the Tripartite Pact) that makes the three countries allies against England and France. -
The United States begins “Lend-Lease,” allowing President Roosevelt to send ammunition and other war supplies to England. No longer a neutral nation.
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Japan attacks Pearl Harbor.
Three days after Pearl Harbor, Germany and Italy declare war on the United States. -
U.S. stopped a Japanese invasion of Midway,
The Battle of Midway is the turning point of the Pacific War. -
U.S. Marines land on Japanese Islands. This is the first battle in a U.S. “island hopping” campaign that will keep moving U.S. forces closer to Japan.
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German troops surrender at Stalingrad . The Soviet Red Army, turning the tide of war, begins an offensive that will end in the capture of Berlin in 1945.
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Italy surrenders. But German troops, continuing to fight the Allies in Italy, seize Rome.
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French and American troops liberate Paris.
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Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler kills himself.
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Atomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima (August 6) and Nagasaki (August 9).
Japan surrenders (August 14). At least 100,000 people died in the atomic bombings.
