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Germany invades Poland
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Britain and France declare war on Germany
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Germany invades Belgium and The Netherlands
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Italy declares war on France and Great Britain
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France surrenders to German troops
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The Battle of Britain begins with Germany
with the saturation of bombings and the British respond by destroying over 1500 German bombers -
Italy opens fighting in the Northern African Desert
by attacking British Egypt from Libya -
Germany invades Yugoslavia and Greece
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Germany invades the Soviet Union
ending the German-Soviet alliance -
The Atlantic Charter
a joint declaration of war policy is signed by Roosevelt and Churchill -
German troops begin the seige into Leningrad
lasts until Jan. 1944, and more than 1 million Soviets die after years of shortages of food, water, and medicine -
German forces attack Moscow
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Japan bombs the U.S. Pacific Fleet stationed at Pearl Harbor
The U.S., Canada, and the United Kingdom, declare war on Japan the next day -
Germany and Italy declare war on the U.S.
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Hitler orders his forces to capture Stalingrad
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Soviets counterattack at Stalingrad
drives Germans into retreat -
The Germany 6th army surrenders
a major turning point in the war in Russia -
Srategic bombing of Germany begins
but better bombsights, introduced by the U.S. Army Air forces, allow bombers to target and hit military and industrial sites -
Russians invade Poland
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Allied troops land in Normandy for the D -Day invasion
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Plot to assassinate Hitler fails
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Soviet forces surrender Berlin
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Hitler takes his life in Berlin
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Germany forces in Italy surrender to the Allies
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Germans surrender to the Allies in Reims, France
ending World War II in Europe -
The Allies declare V-E Day
(Victory in Europe)
