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Japan Invades Manchuria
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt Assumes the Office of President of the United States
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Period: to
Appeasement
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Italian Invasion of Ethiopia
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Formation of the Rome-Berlin Axis
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Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan sign Anti-Comitern Pact
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Japan Invades China
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Marco Polo Bridge Incident
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Period: to
Rape of Nanking
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Italy Joins the Anti-Comitern Pact
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First Vienna Award
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Anschluss
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Munich Agreement
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Period: to
Manhattan Project
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Formation of the Slovak Republic
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France and Britain Guarantee Polish Sovereignty
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Italy Invades and Annexes Albania
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Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union Sign the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
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Germany Invades Poland; World War II Begins
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Period: to
World War II
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France and Britain Declare War on Germany
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Period: to
Battle of the Atlantic
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Soviet Union Invades Poland From the East
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Poland Surrenders; Germany and Soviet Union Split Poland
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The Soviet Union Invades Finland
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Period: to
German Invasion of Scandinavia
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Finland Signs Armistice With the Soviet Union
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Germany Invades Denmark and Norway
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Denmark Surrenders to Germany
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Winston Churchill Becomes Prime Minister of Britain
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Winston Churchill Becomes Prime Minister of Britain
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Period: to
German Blitz of Western Europe
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Battle of Sedan
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Dunkirk Evacuation
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Norway Surrenders to Germany
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Italy Joins the War
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The Soviet Union Occupies the Baltic States
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France Surrenders to Germany; Vichy France is Established
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The Soviet Union Forces Romania to Cede Various Territories
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Period: to
Battle of Britain
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Second Vienna Award
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Italy Invades British Egypt
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Italy, Germany, and Japan Sign the Tripartite Pact
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Italy Invades Greece
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Britain Wins the Battle of Britain
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Hungary Joins the Axis
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Romania Joins the Axis
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Slovakia Joins the Axis
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Germany Sends the Afrika Korps to North Africa
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Greece Surrenders
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Bulgaria Joins the Axis
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Axis Invades Yugoslavia
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Period: to
Axis Invasion of Yugoslavia
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Formation of Croatia; Croatia Joins the AXIS
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Yugoslavia Surrenders
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Battle of Crete
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The Axis Invades the Soviet Union
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Period: to
Operation Barbarossa
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Battle of Brody
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Battle of Smolensk
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Atlantic Confrence
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Period: to
Siege of Leningrad
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Battle of Moscow
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Japan Attacks Pearl Harbour
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United States Declares War on Japan
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Japan Begins Invasion of Allied-Held Territories in South-East Asia
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Rest of Axis Declares War on the United States
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Height of German Military Success
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Battle of the Coral Sea
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Second Battle of Kharkov
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Allies Begin the Bombing of Germany
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Battle of Midway
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Japanese Naval Advance in the Pacific Halted by the Battle of Midway
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Battle of Stalingrad Begins
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Period: to
Battle of Stalingrad
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Operation Torch
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German Occupation of Southern France
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Casablanca Conference
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Battle of El Alamein
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Wojtek Enlisted in the Polish Army
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Axis Troops in Tunisia Surrender; North African Campaign Ends
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Allies Land in Sicily
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Battle of Kursk
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Mussolini Deposed
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Allied Offensive on Japan in the Solomon Islands
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Italy Surrenders Under Badoglio Government
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Germany Seizes Control of Rome and Northern Italy, Establishing A Puppet Regime
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Allied Troops Land in Salerno
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Soviet Troops Liberate Kiev
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Tehran Conference
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Germany Evacuates Greece, Albania, and Southern Yugoslavia
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Battle of Monte Cassino
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Battle of Anzio
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Allied Troops Land Near Anzio
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Battle of Narva
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Germany Occupies Hungary
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Allied Troops Liberate Rome
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D-Day
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Battle of the Philippine Sea
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Period: to
Operation Bagration
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Allied Forces Break Normandy Beach Head
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Warsaw Uprising
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Operation Dragoon
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Liberation of Paris
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1944 Romania Coup D'etat
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Failed Slovakia Uprising
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Finland Signs Armistice with the Soviet Union; Expels German Troops
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Bulgaria Surrenders
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Pro-Nazi Hungarian Coup D'etat
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U.S. Troops Land in the Philippines
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Battle of Leyte Gulf
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Battle of the Bulge
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Capture of Zagreb
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Battle of Luzon
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Soviet Capture of Warsaw and Krakow
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Yalta Conference
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Battle of Iwo Jima
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U.S. Troops Cross the Rhine River at Remagen
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Battle of Okinawa
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The Capture of Bratislava Forces Slovakia to Surrender
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Soviet Forces Capture Vienna
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Battle of Berlin
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The Soviets Encircle Berlin
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San Francisco Conference
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Hitler Commits Suicide
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Germany Surrenders to the West
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Germany Surrenders to the East
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Okinawa Captured
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Trinity
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Potsdam Conference
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Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
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Soviet Union Officially Declares War on Japan and Invades Manchuria
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Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki
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Japan Accepts Unconditional Surrender
