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Japan signed a anticommunism pact with Germany.
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France and Italy were forced to surrender the Sudetenland over to Germany.
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Russia and Germany signed the Ribbentrop Pact in the late hours of this date in Moscow.
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Germany invaded Poland and it was the offical start of World War Two.
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On this date Great Britain and France delcared war on Germany after Germany attacked Poland.
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British commander-in-chief, General Gort, and troops were forced back to the coast of Dunkirk but lucky fisherman and their vessels helped save more than 338,000 men.
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The signing of the Tripartite Pact by Germany, Japan, and Italy was in Berlin on this date.
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It was called Operation Barbarossa and Hitler sent 3 million and 3,500 tanks. The Russians were taken by surprise because they had signed the treaty with Germany.
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On this morning the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, a naval base, located at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
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The United States and Great Britain declare war on Japan after Japan attacks the naval base of Pearl Habor.
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The United States defeated the Japanese navy at the battle. Following the victory the United States were able to push the Japanese forces back.
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The Soviet Union defeated Nazi Germany for the control of the city of Stalingrad.
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The first time that the Americans see action
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The largest tank battle during World War II.
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On this day Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France in a battle against Hitler's forces.
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During the Battle of the Bulge Germany tried a last effort to get through Belgium but they were unsuccessful and the Allies pushed them back.
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It started on this day and lasted til March 26, 1945. Americans went in on the idea of capturing the whole island and the three airfields
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On this day Franklin D. Roosevelt died and was eventually replaced by Harry S. Truman.
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Hitler and his wife commited suicide in a bombproof shelter together.
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The offical end to World War II in Europe. The Nazi Party offically surrendered to the Allied forces.
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The United States dropped an atomic bomb called "Little Boy" on Hiroshima hoping that it would end the war between the allies and Japan.
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The United States dropped an atomic bomb called "Fat Man" on Nagasaki after the Japanese refused to surrender after we dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
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With the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan they could not continue to fight without the threat of another one being dropped on them.
