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Annexation of Czechoslovakia
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Pact of Steel Signed
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Nazi Invasion of Poland
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Declaration of War on Germany
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Soviet Invasion of Poland
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Partition of Poland
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Invasion of Low Countries and France Begins; Blitzkrieg used against West
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Evacuation of Dunkirk Begins
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France Surrenders to Germany
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Battle of Britain Begins
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Tripartite (Axis) Pact Signed
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Lend-Lease Act Signed
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Operation Barbarossa Begins
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Final Solution Begins
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Germans Abandon Attack on Moscow
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Japanese Bomb Pearl Harbor
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US Declares War on Germany and Japan
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Auschwitz Opens (exact date unknown)
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Battle of Stalingrad Begins
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Germany and Italy Surrender North Africa
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Allies Land in Sicliy
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Italy Surrenders
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Italy Declares War on Germany
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D-Day
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Assassination Attempt on Hitler Fails
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Battle of the Bulge Begins
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Mussolini is Hanged
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Adolf Hitler Commits Suicide
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Potsdam Conference Held
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Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima
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Atomic Bomb dropped on Nagasaki
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V-J (Victory over Japan) Day
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UN Established
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Nuremburg Trials Begin
