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Beginning of the Atlantic Theater War
It started when Germany launched a war with Europe due to the invasion of Poland. This also prompted war with Great Britain and France but they were defeated by Germany later. -
Evacuation of Dunkirk
It lasted until June 4, 1940. It was the evacuation and rescue of more than 338,000 British and French soldiers from the French port of Dunkirk during World War II. -
Battle of Britain
It lasted until October 31, 1940. It was the successful air defense of Great Britain against the air raids conducted by the German air force in 1940 after the fall of France during World War II. -
Lend-Lease Act
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Attack on Pearl Harbor
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Beginning of the Pacific Theater War
It started when the Japanese invaded Thailand, attacked the British colonies of Malaya, Singapore, and Hong Kong. They also attacked the United States military bases in Hawaii, Wake Island, Guam, and the Philippines. -
U.S. joins World War II
U.S. declared war against Imperial Japan. -
Battle of Stalingrad
It lasted until February 2, 1943. It was the major battle fought on the eastern front of World War II where Germany and its allies unsuccessfully fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia and it was fought on land. -
D-Day | Normandy Landings
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Battle of the Bulge
It lasted until January 16, 1945. It was the last major German land offensive on the Western Front during World War II which was an unsuccessful attempt to push the Allies back from German home territory. -
Yalta Conference
It lasted until February 11, 1945. -
Death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Victory in Europe Day
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Bombing of Hiroshima
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Bombing of Nagasaki
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Victory over Japan Day
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Creation of the United Nations
