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Germany invades Poland without a declaration of war, marking the beginning of World War II.
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The U.S. announces its neutrality.
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Nazis order Jews to wear yellow stars.
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First experimental use of gas chambers at Auschwitz.
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At 0755 hours, the Japanese, led by Admiral Nagumo, begins its attack on Pearl Harbor, the main base of the U.S. Pacific Fleet.
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Allied troops land in Normandy to begin the invasion in northern France.
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Anne Frank and family arrested by the Gestapo in Amsterdam, Holland.
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Hitler commits suicide in Berlin.
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Germany surrenders unconditionally to the Allies in Reims, France ending World War II in Europe.
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An atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima