• Italy Enters

    Italy Enters the war. Italy invades southern France on June 21
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  • Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor

  • British and US navies halt the Japanese

    British and US navies halt the Japanese naval advance in the central Pacific at Midway
  • British and the US Defeat Germans

    British and US defeat the Germans and Italians at El Alamein in Egypt, sending the Axis forces in Chaotic retreat across Librya to the eastern border of Tunisia
  • Axis Forces

    Axis forces in Tunisia surrender the Allies, ending the North African campaign.
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  • Allied Troops land on the beaches

    Allies troops land on the beaches od Salerno near Naples.
  • Soviet troops liberate Kiev

  • Allied troops land successfully near Anzio just south of Rome

  • Germany surrenders to the western Allies

  • Agreed to surrender

    Having agreed in principle to unconditional surrender on August 14, 1945, Japan formally surrenders, ending WW2