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German forces invade Poland.
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Germany invades France.
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Japan attacks Pearl Harbor.
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The Battle of Stalingrad starts
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The Allies storm ashore at Normandy, France, on D-Day.
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Soviet troops discover an abandoned Nazi death camp.
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Germany formally surrenders.
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Japan Surrenders after the atomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.