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Germany invades Poland.
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France and U.K. rise up against Germany
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Germany invades the Soviet Union.
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Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor The United States joins the war.
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The United States defeats Japan in the battle of Midway.
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The Nazis begin to undertake "the final solution" to the Jewish "problem".
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Italy falls and Germany takes Rome.
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Mussolini was arrested by the Great Fascist Council by order of King Victor Emmanuel III.
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French and U.S. troops liberate Paris.
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Hitler commits suicide with his wife in his bunker.
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The Soviet Union arrives to Berlin and Germany gives up.
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Launch of nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The USSR declares war to Japan.
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Japan signs the surrender and the war ends.