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Hitler launched a surprise invasion of Denmark and Norway in order to "protect freedom and independence."
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Italy entered the war on Germany's side and invaded France from the south as Germans came from the north.
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Winston Churchill became prime minister of Britain.
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Germans began to assemble an invasion fleet along the French coast.
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At Compiegne, as William Shirer and the rest of the world watched, Hitler handed French Officers his terms of surrender.
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2000 German planes flew over Britain, bombing London.
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The British Royal Air Force shot down over 185 German planes, while losing only 26 aircrafts.
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Hitler calls off invasion of Britain indefinitely.
