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Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy announce Axis alliance
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Nazi Germany invades Poland
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Nazi Germany invades France and Belgium through Ardennes Forest
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Nazi German attack on the Soviet Union
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Battle of Stalingrad
This marked the turning point of the war in favor of the Allies -
Allied invasion of Italy
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D-Day U.S. Normandy Invasion
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Battle of the Bulge
Thought of the last attempt by Hitler to separate the allies and win the war and often considered the point when the war was decisively lost by the Axis Powers. -
Hitler commits suicide
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German forces surrender