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Invasion of Poland -
Britain bans television for the duration of the coming conflict. The ban was not lifted until 7 years have passed. -
Britain and France declare war on Germany -
France surrenders to Germany -
Axis forces invade Russia -
Japan attacks US at Pearl Harbor -
US declares war on Japan -
US declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania
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The Allied invasion of Normandy, France -
Germans begin the Battle of Bulge -
US Marines invade Iwo Jima -
Germans surrender to the allies -
First atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima -
Second atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki -
Japan surrenders -
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