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Hitler marched in and occupied the country!
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Hitler and Stalin sign a pact which included secret clauses for the division of Poland.
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Adolf Hitler invaded Poland.
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Britian and France declare war on Germany
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Hitler invaded and occupied.
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The French, Marshall Petain, signed an armistice with Germany taking France, which had been devastated, out of the war and into German occupation
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This pact of mutual alliance was signed by Germany, Italy and Japan.
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The Japanese, who were already waging war against the Chinese, attacked the US pacific fleet at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, as a preliminary to taking British, French and Dutch colonies in South East Asia.
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They declare war on Japan.
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The USA defeated the Japanese navy at the Battle of Midway. Following this victory, the US navy was able to push the Japanese back.
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The Russians won their first victory against Germany at the Battle of Stalingrad.
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Mussolini had been thrown out of office.
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The allies launched an attack on Germany's forces in Normandy, Western France. Thousands of transports carried an invasion army under the supreme command of general Eisenhower to the Normandy beaches.
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President Roosevelt died. He was succeeded by President Truman.
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The German leader, Adolf Hitler committed suicide in his bombproof shelter together with his mistress.
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German forces in Italy surrendered to the Allies.
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The Japanese generals refused to surrender. The US dropped an atomic bomb on the island of Hiroshima.
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Russia declared war on Japan and invaded Japanese-ruled Manchuria.
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The Japanese unconditionally surrendered to the allies ending the second world war.
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US General, Douglas MacArthur, accepted Japan's surrender thus formally ending the second world war.