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Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor; hitler issues "Night and Fog" decree.
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U.S. troops surrender to the Japanese at Corregidor in the Philippine Islands
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Mass murder of Jews by gassing begins at Auschwitz extermination camp.
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Over 90,000 German troops at Stalingrad surrender to Soviets.
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U.S. troops complete the capture of Guadalcanal from the Japanese .
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The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins after German troops attempt to deport the ghetto's last surviving Jews. About 750 Jews fought back the Germans for almost a month.
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The Allies begin bombing Hamburg
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Marine machine gunners repel a Japanese counter-attack in the jungle of Cape Gloucester.
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D day landings.
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German assassination attempt on hitler fails.