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Germany invades Poland and markes the start of WWII.
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Germany steamrolls through France.
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The British air force held off a 3 month attack by the German Luftwaffe.
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The Japanese launched a suprise attack on Pearl Harbor with almost 200 aircraft. The U.S. declared war on Japan.
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The U.S. sucsessfuly ambushed Japanese aircraft carriers.
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The Soviets sucsessfuly defended the city of Stalingrad from the German advance.
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The battle of Guadalcanal was the first offensive victory in the pacific.
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The Allied troopes defeted the Axis troops in Sicily driving them back to Berlin.
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Allied forces invaded Normandy France in hopes of ending the war.
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The U.S. retake the island of Guam after fierce fighting.
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It was a long siege of the Soviet industrial capital it resulted in the Germans retreating.
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This was the last German offencive it was their last attempt to drive the Allies back
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Iwo Jima was a key stratigical point it was about 600 miles from Japan.It was a fierce battle only 1% of its defenders survived.
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This was the last and the biggest Pacific island battles about 12,000 Americans died.
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The Germans surrender.
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The U.S. dropped the first atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima.
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The second dropping of the atomic bomb followed by Japan's surrender.
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The Japanese surrender
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On this date aboard the USS Missouri.....
