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Battle between Britain and Germans over British airspace
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The well known all terrain vehicle that was mass produced and used throughout the war was invented
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The lend lease act for 7 billion dollars was approved to supply Great Britain with military supplies
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Japanese execute a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, destroying much of the American Pacific Naval Fleet
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Massive project to make a bomb to end the war, spent 10's of billions of dollars to research and create. Led by Robert Oppenheimer
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Over 72,000 soldiers were forced to march 63 miles, there were over 10,000 deaths
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Battle for control of the City of Stalingrad, German forces tried invading the city in Russia
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Known as operation overlord, the U.S. and British forces launched an attack Germany on the western front
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this bill provided benefits to veterans
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Commited suicide by shooting himself in his bunker
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Suffered a cereberal hemorrage while in georgia, later died
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First atomic bomb is exploded in Almagordo, New Mexico
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U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, both cities in Japan
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Prosecution of military and political leaders of Nazi Germany
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First nonstop flight in b-50 after completing the first around the world nonstop flight
