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Battle of the atlantics
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Germany and the Soviet Union (USSR) Sign the nazi-soviet pact
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Germany attacks Poland
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Great Britain and France declar 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 U\SSr and finland, Wars ends when finland cedes border lands to the USSR
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Slovakia, Hungary, Romania join the axis powers
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Battle of Okinawa
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Germany invades and capture Demark and Norway
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Germany attacks western Europe. Luxembourg, Netherlands, Belgium, and Northern France fall
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Italy joins the war and, on June 27 southern France
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USSR gains control over the Baltic states, (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania)
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Battle of Britan
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Great Britain France declare war on Germany
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Italy invades British controlled by Egypt
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Germany, Italy and japan sign the tripartite
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Italy invades greece
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German Afrika Krops are sent to North Africa to reinforce the Italians
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Bulgeria joins the Axis Powers
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Germany joined by Axis allies and Finland attack the USSR
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Battle of stalingrad
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The Japanese launch a surprise attract on the USA naval base in pearl harbor hawaii
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The United States declare war on Japan, Germany and Italy soon declare war on the United states
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The Japanese gain control over the Philippines, French Indochina and singapore
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The Bataan death March begins as the imperial Japanese army force Filipino and American prisoners of wars to March 60 tortured fillied miles
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The battle of coral sea
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The battle of the midway
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1st Battle of El Alamein
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The battle of Guadalcanal
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2nd Battle of El Alamein
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Italy surrenders unconditionally
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FDR dies, Harry Truman becomes President
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Operation overlord, 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 the Iwo Jima
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Mussolini is excuted
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Hitler commits suicide
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V-E day
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Potsdom Conference
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US drops an atomic bomb on hiroshima
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US drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki
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V-J day