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Kristallnacht happens in Germany
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Germany invades Poland, starting WWII.
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Battle of Britain
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Operation Barbarossa, Germany invades Russia
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Japan bombs American Naval base at Pearl Harbor
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The US declares war on Japan
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Bataan Death March
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U.S. defeats Japanese Navy at battle of Midway
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Russia repels German invasion at Battle of Stalingrad
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Allied troops land on the beaches of Normandy
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Germany is defeated in the Battle of the Bulge
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Nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, by U.S. Air force.