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Britain and France declare war on Germany
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Germany invades Poland, starting World War 2
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Soviets take Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia
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German Blitz against Britain begins.
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Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
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Japanese invade the Philippines and also seize Guam.
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General Dwight D. Eisenhower arrives in London
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Battle of Stalingrad begins
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U.S. Troops invade Attu in the Aleutian Islands.
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Mussolini resigns
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- U.S. Troops invade Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands.
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D-Day landings on the northern coast of France.
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U.S. Marines invade Saipan in the Mariana Islands.
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American troops complete the liberation of Guam.
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Liberation of Paris.
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U.S. Air raids against Okinawa
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Iwo Jima bombarded by the U.S. Navy.
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Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin meet at Yalta.
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U.S. Troops recapture Bataan in the Philippines.
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- First Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima