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Japan invades China, initiating World War II in the Pacific.
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Germany invades Poland, initiating World War II in Europe.
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Italy enters the war invading into Southern France.
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The airwar against Brittan begins, ending in a Nazi defeat.
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Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite pact making them official allies.
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United Axis forces invade the USSR, driving all the way up to the cities of Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Stalingrad before being locked in a stalemate.
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Japan bombs pearl harbor, and the United States declares war on the Axis the next day.
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The British bomb Cologne, starting a 3 year bombing campaign that levels Germany.
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Axis powers launch a second offensive, driving even further into the USSR, taking Crimea and marching East.
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Axis forces in North Africa surrendered, ending the North African campaign.
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Operation Husky begins, and US forces land in Sicily by means of a Massive airdrop.
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Soviets, having broken the Stalemate, liberate Kiev and race west.
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Allied forces liberated Rome.
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Allied forces land on the beaches of Normany, France.
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US forces break out of the Normandy beachhead and rush for Paris.
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Allied forces march on Paris, liberating the city.
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Having lost the island nation to the Japanese long ago, they US triumphantly launches a naval invasion.
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Germany launches its last major offensive, called the battle of hte buldge.
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The US crosses the Rhine river into the german heartland.
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The Soviets encircle Berlin, closing in on Hitler and the last of the Nazi leaders.
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Germany unconditionally surrendered to the Western Allies, and two days later surrendered to the soviets.
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US captures Okinawa, the last stop into mainland Japan.
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The US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, and 3 days later dropped a second on Nagasaki.
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Japan unconditionally surrendered to the united states.