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Japan invades China, initiating World War II in the Pacific.
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Fascist Italy invades and annexes Albania.
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Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign a nonaggression agreement
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Germany invades Poland, initiating World War II in Europe.
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The Soviet Union invades Poland from the east.
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The Polish government flees into exile via Romania. Germany and the Soviet Union divide Poland between them.
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Italy enters the war. Italy invades southern France
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Japan bombs Pearl Harbor.
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The United States declares war on Japan, entering World War II.
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The United States declares war on Japan, entering World War II.
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The United States declares war on Japan, entering World War II.
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Nazi Germany and its Axis partners declare war on the United States.
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British and US navies halt the Japanese naval advance in the central Pacific at Midway.
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US troops halt the Japanese island-hopping advance towards Australia at Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.
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Axis forces in Tunisia surrender to the Allies, ending the North African campaign.
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Allied troops liberate Rome.
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British and US troops successfully land on the Normandy beaches of France, opening a “Second Front” against the Germans.
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US troops land in the Philippines.
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Germany surrenders to the western Allies.
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The United States drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki.
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Having agreed in principle to unconditional surrender on August 14, 1945, Japan formally surrenders, ending World War II.
