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World War two started with the invasion of Poland, by Germany. Poland was defeated by October 6, the same year.
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The official span of WWII
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Due to the invasion of Poland, France and Britian deside to team up against Germany.
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The Axis invade France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
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Italy, under the rule of Benito Mussolini, joined the axis powers, and invaded France. The did not conquer much land.
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Large air battle over Britian, that ends the German advance.
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Signed on this day, it made Germany, Italy, and Japan into the Axis powers.
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Japan attacks the United States at Pearl Harbor. Many ships are sunk, but no U.S. aircraft carriors where present. (this event was acually happened in Dec. 8th in Japan.)
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The U.S. declares war on Japan and Germany, because of Pearl Harbor, "A day that will live in infamy" by Franklin D. Roosevelt
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A raid made by the United States, using B-25's flying from an aircraft carrior, against Japan. The bomber flew over the mainland and droped bombs. This did very little damage, but increased the moral of U.S. forces greatly
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Lasted until May 8. The first battle where ships never fire shells at each other, instead the battle was almost completely and air battle. Allies won.
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Lasted until June 7th. Large scale fleet battle, but the ships never saw each other. Only planes saw the other ships.
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Ended February 9, 1943. End result of a U.S. victory.
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German attack against Kursk. They where repelled at July 16. Then the Solviets counter-attacked.
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Also called D-Day, this was the day that allied forces began there offencive on Germany.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt dies. Moral is lost on allied side.
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Berlin is captured, and Germany Surrenders
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During a general election, Winston Churchill is replaced
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The first nuke to ever be used in combat was droped on Hiroshima, in order to force japan into surendering.
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The second and last atomic bomb to ever be used in combat to date.
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Due to the U.S. nuking it, Japan surenders. The treaty was signed on the USS Missouri
