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Japan invades Chine initiating WWII in the Pacific
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Germany, Great Britain, Italy, and France sign the Munich agreement
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France and Great Britain guarantee the safety of the borders of Poland
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Germany and the Soviet Union sign a nonaggression agreement
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Germany invades Poland and starts WWII in Europe
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Honoring their guarantee of Poland's borders, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany
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Italy joins the war and invades southern France on June 21
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Italians invade British-controlled Egypt from Italian-controlled Libya
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Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact
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Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
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United States declares war on Japan entering WWII
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British and US forces successfully land on the Normandy beaches in France
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allied forces land in southern France near Nice and advance rapidly towards the Rhine River
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US troops land in the Philippines
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battle of the bulge
The Germans launch a final offensive in the west, known as the Battle of the Bulge, in an attempt to re-conquer Belgium and split the Allied forces along the German border. By January 1, 1945, the Germans are in retreat. -
US troops cross the Rhine river at Remagen
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the Soviets launch their final offense, ecircling Berlin
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Hitler commits suicide
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V-E day
victory in Europe day whcih marks the surrender of the Nazi's and their armed forces in Europe -
US drops the atomic bomb on Hiroshima
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US drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki
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Japan formally surrenders ending WWII
