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Hitler was named chancellor of Germany
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Germany invades Poland
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France and England declare war on Germany
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British and French troops evacuate Dunkirk
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Paris falls to Germany
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Japanese Americans are sent to internment camps
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The Lend-Lease Act is signed into law
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Germany invades Russia breaking their "nonaggression" partnership
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Pearl Harbor attack
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U.S. declares war on Japan
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U.S. Navy wins the Battle of Midway
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D-Day: The Allied invasion of Europe begins
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Six Marines plant U.S. flag on Iwa Jima
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President Roosevelt dies at his retreat in Warm Springs, GA
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Hitler poisons wife and kills himself
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V-E Day
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U.S.S Indianapolis is sunk by a sub leading to the worst shark attack in history
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Atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki
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The atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima
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Japan surrenders to U.S.