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Japan Invades Manchuria
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Italy Invades Ethiopia
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Germany and Italy Sign a Treaty of
Cooperation, beginning the Axis Powers -
Germany and Japan Sign an Agreement
to work together against the USSR -
Japan Invades China,
initiating WWII in the Pacific -
Italy Invades Albania
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Germany and the USSR Sign a
nonaggression agreement -
World War II Officially Begins
with Germany invading Poland -
Great Britain and France Declare
war on Germany -
The USSR Invades Finland
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Germany Invades Denmark and Norway
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Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor
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The United States Declare War on Japan
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Japan Takes Singapore and the East Indies
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Battle of Coral Sea
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Battle of Midway
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"Island Hopping" Begins
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Battle of Philippine Sea
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Battle of Leyte Gulf
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Battle of the Bulge
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Roosevelt Dies, Truman Becomes President
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Germany Surrenders to the Allies and the USSR
shortly after the suicide of Hitler -
The United States Bombs Hiroshima
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The United States Bombs Nagasaki
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World War II Officially Ends
with the surrender of Japan
