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Signing of the Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact
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Germany invades Poland and declares war.
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Allied naval blockade of Germany, announced the day after the declaration of war, and Germany's subsequent counter-blockade.
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Honoring their guarantee of Poland’s borders, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany
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340,000 allied troops escape
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Italy enters the war. Italy invades southern France on June 21.
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French surrender and Hitler focuses on invading Poland
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Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
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The United States declares war on Japan, entering World War II.
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British and US navies halt the Japanese naval advance in the central Pacific at Midway.
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250,000 Axis forces trapped
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British–American invasion of French North Africa in World War II during the North African Campaign, started on 8 November 1942.
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US and British troops land on Sicily. By mid-August, the Allies control Sicily.
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101st Airborne parachuted behind enemy lines.
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FRD dies and Harry Truman takes over.
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The Battle of Berlin, designated the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation by the Soviet Union.
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Marked the formal end of war in Europe.
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The United States drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki.
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Emperor Hirohito surrendered over the radio
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Surrender on the USS Missouri
