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Germany invades Poland
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WWII
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The Phoney War
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Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany
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Soviet Union invades eastern Poland
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Soviet Union invades Finland
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Germany begins occupation of Denmark and invades Norway.
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Germany invades Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg
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British Prime Minister, Chamberlain, resigns, replaced by Winston Churchill
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German army enters Paris
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Start of Battle of Britain
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Germany, Italy and Japan sign Tripartite Pact
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German Afrika Korps begins offensive in North Africa
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Soviets and Japanese sign neutrality pact
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Germany invades Soviet Union.
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Germans attack Moscow, the capital of the Soviet Union
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Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour
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Japanese declare war on USA.
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Allies (except Soviets) declare war on Japan
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Singapore falls to Japanese
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Darwin was bombed by the Japanese
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Battle of Midway between Japan and the USA
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Australians fight the Japanese at Kokoda
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Battle of El Alamein begins, in which allied troops led by Australians defeat the Germans
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German surrender at Stalingrad
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Surrender of Axis forces in North Africa
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Allied landings in Sicily
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Mussolini's Italian Fascist government overthrown
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Italy signs armistice
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Soviets advance into Poland
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Rome captured by Allies.
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Operation Overlord (D-Day) - Allied invasion of Normandy.
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German assassination attempt on Hitler fails
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Allies liberate Paris
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Surrender of Axis forces in Greece
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French capture Strasbourg
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German attack through Ardennes - Battle of the Bulge begins
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Soviets liberate Auschwitz
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US landings on Iwo Jima
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Soviets enter Berlin
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Mussolini captured by partisans and executed
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Hitler commits suicide
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German unconditional surrender
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Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
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Japanese surrender