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Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, Phillippines, and Dutch East Indies
The United States enters the war -
Japan controls most of Southeast Asia
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United States wins battles of Coral Sea and Midway
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Germans attack Stalingrad
Britain and United States invade North Africa -
Germans surrender at Stalingrad
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German and Italian troops surrender in French North Africa
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Soviets defeat Germans at Battle of Kursk
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Rome falls to Allies
D-Day June 6 -
Paris is liberated
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Germany is invaded
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Soviets enter Berlin
Hitler and Mussolini die -
Germany surrenders
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United States drops atomic bombs on Japan
Japan surrenders