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Germany invades Poland. starting World War Two
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Britain and France declare war on Germany
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Italy declares war on Great Britain and France
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Battle of Britain begins
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Italy invades Greece
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Germany invades Soviet Union
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Japan attacks Pearl Harbor Naval base
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U.S., Great Britain, and Canada declare war on Japan
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U.S. bombers attack Japan in the Doolittle Raids
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Allies Defeat Japanese at Midway
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Hitler orders the invasion of Stalingrad
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U.S. lands in Guadalcanal
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Germans surrender at Stalingrad
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Axis Forces in Africa surrender to Allies
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Allies invade Sicily/ Italy surrenders
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Allied troops execute the D-day landings
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Battle of the Bulge
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The Japanese occupy French Indochina
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U.S. Marines capture Iwo Jima
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Allied Forces occupy Okinawa
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U.S. drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima
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U.S. drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki
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Japan signs forfeit documents aboard the USS Missouri