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World War Two begins when Germany invades Poland under the rule of Hitler.
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Battle of Britain begins.
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Hitler plans Operation Sea Lion.
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Tripartite (Axis) Pact signed by Germany, Italy and Japan.
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Gernany attacks Soviet union and operation Barberossa begins
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Stalin calls for a scorched earth policy.
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First experimental use of gas chambers at Auschwitz.
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also known as the Leningrad Blockade
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Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor; Hitler issues the Night and Fog decree.
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imperial japan vs. United States
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Until the Battle of Midway, the Japanese Navy possesed naval superiority over the United States
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Naval Battle
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Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad
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U.S. invades of North Africa
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Japan vs. US
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Allies land at Anzio in Italy.
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D-Day landings in France
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Allied airborne assault on Holand
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also known as the Ardennes Offensive and the Von Rundstedt Offensive
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operation detachment
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between Japan and the US
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the final major offensive of the European Theatre of World War II
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Hitler and his wife commited suicide in their fuhrerbunker
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World War II Allies formally accepted the unconditional surrender of the armed forces of Nazi Germany
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Japan bombs the city of Hiroshima
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Japan drops nuclear bomb on the city of Nagasaka
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Victory over Japan Day
