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WWII began with Great Britain declaring war on Germany because she would not remove her troops from Poland. France soon followed as well as most of Great Britains colonial allies.
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British starts attacks on German warships and naval vessels.
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The Russians invade Poland and form a secret alliance with the Germans.
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The Nazis and the Soviets divide the old territories of Poland amongst themselves.
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The Soviets are expelled from the League of Nations.
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The British government begin to ration the food supplies to the populace to help the war effort.
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The Germans invade Denmark and Norway.
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The Germans invade France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands and Winston Churchill becomes prime minister.
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The Germans bomb Paris and so begin the bombing of civilian cities.
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The Italians join the Nazis and delcare war on France and Great Britain.
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The French Government signs an armistace with the German forces occupying Paris.
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German U-Boats in the Atlantic attack British merchantmen and sink them.
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The Battle of Britain begins with German air raids over British cities.
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The Germans bomb and destroy major offensive British airfields and factories.
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The Germans begin to bomb the center of London, destroying homes and killing civilians.
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The Italians begin the invasion of Egypt.
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The Italians move into Greece.
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Roosevelt is relected as the American President.
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26 Allied Nations form the United Nations.
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The Allies capture Tobruk in Northern Africa.
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The British Bomb the German City of Hamburg.
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The Americans freeze all German and Italian assets within America.
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The Germans Invade the Soviet Union.
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Stalin calls the Russian people to begin a scorched earth policy.
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The British and Soviets agree to assist one another and form a pact of mutual assitance.
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The Americans freeze all Japanese assets and suspend relations with them.
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The Jews are ordered to wear Yellow stars within German held territory.
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The Germans mass murder thousands of Jews in Kiev, Russia.
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The Soviets launch a major counter offensive around Moscow.
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The Japanese Bomb Pearl Harbour and so begin Hostilities with America.
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The Americans declare war on Japan.
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The Germans declare war on the Americans.
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26 Allied nations form the Untied Nations.
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The First American troops begin to arrive in Great Britain.
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The British launch a massive 1000 bomber air raid against Cologne.
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The German army under Rommel sieze Tobruk.
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Rommel advances near El Alamein in Egypt, near Cairo.
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The two allied leaders meet in Moscow.
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The Americans lauch the first ever all American air raid in Europe.
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Rommel is driven back by Montgomery at Battle of Alam Halfa.
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Hitler orders the execution of all captured British Commandos.
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The Germans withdraw from the Caucasus.
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Montgomery Takes Tripoli from the Germans.
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The Americans begin bombing German cities.
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The German army is forced to surrender at Stalingrad and signals Hitlers first major defeat.
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The German Africa Korps begins withdrawing from Africa.
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The allies take Tunisia and break through the German lines.
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The Germans surrender in North Africa.
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The Italians land troops in Scily from North Africa.
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The Mussolini fascist Government is deposed and a new Italian Government is set up and begin negotiations with the allies.
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The Italians surrender to the Allies.
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The Italians declare war on Germany.
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The Soviet Army advances into Poland.
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The Allies bomb the German held monastery of Monte Cassino
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The German forces in the Crimea surrenders to the Russian Army.
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The allies advance into Rome after defeating the Germans.
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The British and American invasion forces land at beaches along the French North Coast and begin the liberation of France.
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The Germans begin their first V1 Rocket attack against London.
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British and Canadian Forces liberate the French city of Caen.
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Assassination attempt on Hitler by some of his Generals fails.
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The Polish Home army starts insurrection in Warsaw Against the occupying German forces.
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The Parisian uprising begins and major unrest against the Germans begins.
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The allies move in and liberate Paris.
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The Americans advance against the Sigfried Line in Western Germany.
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Operation Market Garden is begun in Holland by the Allies.
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The Polish Home Army uprising in Warsaw is forced to surrender as the Russians refuse to help.
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The Allies liberate Athens and Rommel commits suicide.
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French troops break through the Beffort Gap to reach the Rhine.
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The Battle of the Bulge in Ardennes begins.
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The Germans Retreat from the Ardennes Region.
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The Soviet army moves into Warsaw in Wester Poland.
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The city of Dresden is burnt to the ground after a allied bombing.
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The Soviets begin their final offensive on Berlin as the US enter the city of Nuremberg.
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Italian dictator Mussolini is captured by Partisans and hanged as the allies capture Venice.
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Adolf Hitler commits suicide in his bunker at the wolf's lair.
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German troops in Italy surrender to the allies.
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All of the German troops in world are ordered to unconditionally surrender to the allies.
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The allies in Europe celebrate victory in the European theatre.
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The ally forces divide up the city of Berlin and take over the Government.
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The French, British and American troops enter Berlin and begin rebuilding.
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The atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima by the Americans.
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The Russians declare war on Japan and invade Manchuria.
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The second atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki by the Americans.
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The Japanese Government unconditionally surrenders.
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The Japanese sign the surrender agreement and victory is celebrated.
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The United Nations is created to prevent another war.
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The war trials begin to trie and kill the Germans.