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Stalin attacked Finland and annexed territories along the Soviet border
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USSR territorial expansion
Stalin persued a policy of territorial expansion in eastern Europe with the aim of protecting the USSR from possible future attacks from Germany, apart from recovering parts of the former Russian Empire -
Germany invaded Poland
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France and Britain declared war on Germany
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Operation Barbarossa
Germany invaded the USSR -
D-Day
The Us and Britain opened a second front in Normandy to help the USSR -
The Grand Alliance was formed
Great Britain, the US and the USSR united against the Axis powers -
Japan's Attack on Parl Harbor
The US declared war on Japan after it's attack on the naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. -
Germay and Italy declared war against the US
These countries declared war against the US as it had previously declared war against Japan, an axis power. -
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Tehran Conference
Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin reunited for the first time to discuss the future organization of the UN, post-war Europe and the fate of Germany. -
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Liberation of France and Western Europe
The Grand Alliance liberated these countries from the Axis Powers -
Yalta Conference
Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin met in Krimea. They decided to devide Germany in four areas of occupation in orther to achieve it's unconditional defeat. -
Unconditional German surrender
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End of the Second World War