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Germany Invades Poland
Beginning of WWII in Europe -
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World War II
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Italy enters WWII
Italy enters and invades Southern France -
Tripartite Pact
Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact -
Axis powers invade USSR
Germany and Axis powers invade the Soviet Union. -
Pearl Harbor
Japan bombs the United States at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. -
US enters WWII
The United States declares war on Japan and enters WWII. Within days Germany and the axis powers declare war on the United States. -
Normandy
Allied forces land in Normandy, France -
Germany Surrenders
Germany surrenders to the allied powers -
Atomic bomb
US drops and atomic bomb on Hiroshima in Japan, days later they drop their second bomb on Nagasaki -
Japan Surrenders, Ending WWII
Japan surrenders to the allied powers and ends WWII for good