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Germany and soviet union (USSR) sign the nazi-soviet pact
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Germany attacks Poland
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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 USSR and finland. War ends when finland cedes border land to the USSR
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Germany invades and captures Denmark and Norway
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Germany attacks Western europe luxembourg Netherlands belgium and Northern France Fall
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Italy joins 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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Battle of Britain
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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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Slovakia, Hungary, Romania joins the Axis powers
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German Afrika korps are sent to north africa to reinforce the italians
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Germany joined by axis allies and Finland attack the USSR
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The Japanese launch a suprise attack on the U.S 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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Battle of Iwo Jima
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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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Battle of coral sea
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Battle of Midway
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1st battle of el Almein
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The battle of Guadalcanal
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Battle of Stalingrad
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2nd battle of El Alamein
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Battle of the Bulge
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Yalta conference
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Battle of Okinawa
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FDR dies, Harry Truman becomes president
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Mussolini is executed
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Hitler commits suicide
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potsdam conference
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U.S drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima
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U.S drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki
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Paris is liberated