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The Invasions of Poland by USSR and Germany, beginning World War II. Most of Poland is taken in days.
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Germany invades Denmark, Norway, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, All fall within weeks.
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Germany sufers its first defeat in the skies over England, and abandons invasion plans.
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Germany invades the USSR, opening what becomes known as the Eastern Front.
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The Imperial Japanese Navy attacks the US Pacific Fleet anchored at Pearl Harbor, Hawaiii. UUS enters the war, opening the Paccific Theatre.
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Germany's entire Sixth Army is lost, and the war begins turning in favor of the Allies.
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Hitler commits suicide, shortly before the fall of Berlin and surrender of German forces in Europe.
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The United States Develops the Atomic Bomb and successfuly usses it in August to force the surrender of Japan.
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The Allied Expeditionary Foce under Dwight Eisenhower lands on the coast of northern France on what will be called "D-Day". The "Second Front" that Stalin has been demanding for three years is now open.