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Battle Of The Atlantic
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Germany and the USSR sign the the Nazi-Soviet Pact
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Germany attacks Poland
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great britan and france declare war on germany
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USSR attacks Poland from the east. Poland soon falls and is divided between the Germans and Russians
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Winter war between and Finland. War ends when Finland cedes border lands to the USSR
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Slovakia, Hungary, Romania join the axis power
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germany invades and captures denmark and norway
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germany attacks western europe. luxemburg,netherlands,balgium, nothern france fall
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Italy joins the war and, on june 27, invades Southern France.
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USSR gains control over the Baltic states(Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania)
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us drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki
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Italy Invades British controlled Egypt
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germany, italy, and japan sign the tripartite pact
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Italy invades Greece
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German Afrika Korps are sent to North Africa to reinforce the Italians
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Bulgaria Joins The Axis Power
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Germany joined by axis allies finland attack the USSR
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the Japanese launch a surprise attack on the us naval base in pearl harbor Hawaii
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the japanese gain control over the philipines, french indochina, and singapore.
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the united states declares war on Japan Germany and Italy soon declare war on the united states
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the bataan death march begins as the imperial Japanese army forces Filipino and American prisoners of war to march 60 tortured-filled miles
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the Battle of Coral Sea
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the battle of Midway
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the battle of Guadalcanal
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Battle Of Stalingrad
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Italy surrenders unconditionally
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operation overload, D-Day
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Paris is liberated
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Battle Of The Bulge
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Yalta Conference
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battle of iwo jima
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battle of okinawa
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FDR Dies, Harry Truman Becomes President
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hitler commits suicide
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mussolini is executed
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V-E Day
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potsdam conference
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us the drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima
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V-J day