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Germany marches in to Poland and start the first battle of WW2
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The two countrys delare war on Germany for invading Poland
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Italy enters the war.
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the Battle of Britain ends in defeat for Nazi
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The Pact provided for mutual assistance should any of the signatories suffer attack by any nation not already involved in the war.
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Bulgaria joins the Axis powers.
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Japan sends there planes to attack the naval base at pearl harbor in Hawaii
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The United States declares war on Japan, entering World War II.
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Nazi Germany and its Axis partners declare war on the United States.
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US and British troops land on Sicily. By mid-August, the Allies control Sicily.
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The Germans immediately seize control of Rome and northern Italy, establishing a puppet Fascist regime under Mussolini.
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British and US troops land on the Normandy beaches of France, opening a “Second Front” against the Germans.
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Allied forces land in southern France near Nice and head towards the Rhine river.
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more than 100,000 American soldiers land on Leyte Island, in the Philippines, as preparation for a major invasion.
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US troops cross the Rhine River at Remagen.
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the Soviets circle Berlin in there last defensive attack.
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Hitler kills himself in fear of being a prisoner of war.
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Germany surrenders to the Soviets.
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The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. 140,000 people were killed or died within months
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to an unconditional surrender on August 14, 1945, Japan formally surrenders, ending World War II.
