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WW2 begins
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President Roosevelt declares "limited national emergency".Sep 17 - Russia invades Poland
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Germany invades France, Holland, Belgium, Luxemburg. Winston Churchill becomes Britain's prime minister.
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Evacuation of British and French forces to Britain at Dunkirk begins.
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The evacuation at Dunkirk ends. 338,000 troops were rescued. Churchill declares that Britain will never surrender.
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Germany attacks Soviet Union as Operation Barbarossa begins.
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Germans surrender at Stalingrad in the first big defeat of Hitler's armies.
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Allies take Cologne and establish a bridge across the Rhine at Remagen.
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