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Japan invades China
Seeking raw materials to fuel its growing industries, Japan invaded the Chinese -
Germany annexes Austria
The annex of Austria into Nazi Germany -
Germany annexes Sudetenland
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Germany invades Poland
The invasion of Poland marked the beginning of World War II -
Nazi and Soviets divide Poland
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Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain was a military campaign to defend the United Kingdom against Germany -
Tripartite Pact
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Operation Barbarossa
The code name for the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union -
Pearl Harbor
A surprise military attack by the Japanese Navy, -
Japan captures Burma and the Philippines
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Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway is a air/sea battle between Japan and United States, 6 months after Pearl Harbor -
Battle of Stalingrad
Germany and a few allies fought the Soviet Union -
Battle of Alamein
The battle that prevented the Axis from coming into Europe -
Axis troops in North Africa surrender
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Italy surrenders
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Operation torch starts
Allied invasion of French North Africa during the World War II -
Tehran Conference
Leaders coordinated their military strategy against Germany and Japan -
D-Day landings
Airborne landings by the Allied forces, the largest seaborne landing in history. -
Battle of the Bulge
One of the most costliest battles fought by the U.S. Army. Also the last known Offensive Campaign of Germany -
Yalta Conference
Germany's unconditional surrender, it would be divided into four post-war occupation zones, controlled by U.S., British, French and the Soviet Union -
Allied troops capture Iwo Jima
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Hitler commits suicide
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Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Death
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Mussolini execution
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Germany surrenders
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Potsdam conference
Various agreements on the German economy, punishment for war criminals, land boundaries and reparations -
The U.S. drops Atomic Bomb on Japan
The United States drops two atomic bombs on Japan in hopes of ending the war -
Japan surrenders