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Japan invades Manchuria
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Period: to
WWII
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Japan invades China
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Germany invades Poland
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Great Britain and France declare war on Germany
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Italy enters the war
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Germany, Italy, and Japan sigh the Tripartite Pact
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Bulgaria joins the Axis powers
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Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
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U.S. declares war on Japan
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Germany and its parteners declare war on the U.S.
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Axis forces in Tunisia surrender to the Allies
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the Allies land on the beaches near Naples
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Soviet troops liberate Kiev
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U.S. troops land on Normandy
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U.S. troops land in the Phillipeans
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U.S. cross the Rhine River
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Hitler committs suicide
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Germany surrenders to the allies
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Germany surrenders to the Soviets
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the U.S. drops the atomic bomb on Hiroshima
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Japan surrenders