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Germany invaded Poland
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Poland, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany.
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German troops reached the suburbs of Warsaw
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Hitler made a public peace overture to the United Kingdom and France
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The Soviet Union invaded Finland
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Slovakia, Hungary and Romania join the Axis.
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Germany attacks Western Europe
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Italy enters the war
Italy invades southern France on June 21 -
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The air war known as the Battle of Britain ends with the defeat of Nazi Germany.
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Italy invade Egypt
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Germany, Italy and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact
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Italy invades Greece from Albania
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Bulgaria joins the Axis.
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Nazi Germany and its Axis partners (except Bulgaria) invade the Soviet Union
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A Soviet counter-offensive pushes the Germans outside Moscow in a chaotic retreat
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Japan bombs Pearl Harbor.
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The United States declares war on Japan and enters World War II
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Nazi Germany and its Axis partners declare war on the United States.
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Germany and its Axis partners launch a new offensive in the Soviet Union
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British troops defeat the Germans and the Italians in El Alamein
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Axis forces in Tunisia surrender to the Allies and end the campaign in North Africa.
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Soviet troops liberate Kiev.
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The Germans occupy Hungary
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Allied troops liberate Rome.
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Allied troops arrive in Paris
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Finland concludes an armistice with the Soviet Union and abandons the Axis alliance
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The Soviets launch their final offensive and surround Berlin.
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Hitler commits suicide.
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Germany surrenders to the Western Allies and the Soviets
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United States launches an atomic bomb in Hiroshima.
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The Soviet Union declares war on Japan and invades Manchuria.
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United States launches an atomic bomb in Nagasaki.
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Japan formally surrenders and ends World War II.
