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Stalin signed a Non-aggression pact for ten years.
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Hitler broke his pact that said this would be his last territorial demand in Europe.
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German forces invaded Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. Luxembourg was occupied without resistance. Belgium and the Netherlands declared war.
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The battle was fought between the Allies and Nazi Germany.
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King Leopold of Belgium surrendered his army
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This is when Germany made France sign their armistice inthe same place that Germany had to sign.
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This mission was called Operation Barbarossa.
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This is the day when the Japanese bombed an island in Hawaii.
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The British had withdrawn from Burma and focused on the defense of India.
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The British started a devastating attack.
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American and British forces under the command of United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower landed
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the Japanese were on the defensive everywhere in the Pacific. Guadalcanal
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Solomon Islands finally fell to United States Marines and Army forces .
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General Eisenhower was appointed commander in chief of the Allied armies in the North African theater of operations.
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The Soviet Union attacked the city of Berlin.
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In Italy Mussolini was caught and shot by partisans. Then he was hung by his heels in the town square.
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To escape capture by the Soviets Hitler committed suicide the night of April 30.
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A B-29 dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, a major munitions center, destroying about three fifths of the city.
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They claimed that Chinese soldiers had sabotaged the railway, and attacked the Chinese army
