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The invasion of German troops in Poland on September 1, 1939. -
The declaration of war by France and Great Britain on Germany on September 3, 1939. -
The German invasion of Northern Europe on April 9, 1940. -
The German invasion of Western Europe on May 10, 1940 -
The fall of Paris to the Germans on June 14, 1940. -
The acceptance of Marshal Philippe Pétain (head of state of Vichy France from July 11, 1940 to August 25, 1944) of the armistice, on June 17, 1940. -
Germany's invasion of Russia in Operation "Barbarossa" on June 22, 1941 and the Soviet victory at Stalingrad where more than 100,000 German prisoners were captured on February 2, 1943. -
The Battle of Normandy and the liberation of Paris, on August 25, 1944. -
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The atomic bombing of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945.