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A.K.A the september campaign. The German and Soviet forces iinvade Poland.
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After Italy declared war and German forces moved into France, she is forced to surrender to Germany.
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Japanese air-force attacks U.S naval base Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, causing the United States to enter the war
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U.S navy inflicts irreparable damage on Japanese fleet, putting Japan out of naval warfare.
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Germany and it's allies broke it's pact with the Soviet Union and attempted to take over the city of Stalingrad. After a long and costly battle the Soviet Union came out victorious.
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A.K.A "operation overlord". 160,000 allied troops land on the beaches of Normandy. 9,000 allied soldiers were wounded or killed in this heroic mission.
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A.K.A battle of Paris. French forces attack Germany until teh German forces surrender.
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It was a major German offensive launched towards the end of WW2 in the Ardennes mountains.
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During a visit in warm springs, Georgia, died if a cerebral hemorrhage.
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After the death of long tern president Franklin Roosevelt, his vice president Harry Truman takes over in office.
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After not being able to accept defeat German dictator Adolph HItler commited suicide instead of surrendering to the Allies.
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A.K.A victory in Europe day. This is when the Allies announced the surrender of Germany.
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First ever use of the atomic bomb(Little boy) a nearly 10,000 pound bomb dropped by the B-29 bomber Enola Gay, which was named after the pilots mother Enola Gay.
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This was the second atomic bomb dropped on Japan in attempt to make them surrender.
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Japan surrenders to the allied forces, therfore ending WW2.