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Germany invades Poland
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Churchill become UK prime minister
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Japan joins Axis powers
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battle of Britain ends with Hitler's forces rebuffed
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Germany invades Soviet Union
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Hideki Tojo becomes Japanese prime minister
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Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
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Americans destroy four Japanese aircraft carriers in Battle of Midway
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Americans win Battle of Guadalcanal
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soviets defeat Germany in Battle of Stalingrad
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Allies invade Sicily
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Allies launch invasion of France
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hitler commits suicide in Berlin
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Japanese surrender after bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki