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The principals belligerents were the Axis powers and the Allies.
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On this day in 1939, in response to Hitler’s invasion of Poland, Britain and France, both allies of the overrun nation declare war on Germany.
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On the day 14,Parisians awaken to the sound of a German-accented voice announcing via loudspeakers that a curfew was being imposed for 8p.m. that evening-as German troops and occupy Paris.
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Germany launches 10 of its new V-1 rockets against Britain from a position near then Channel coast.
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Aboard the USS Missuori in Tokyo Bay, Japan formally surrenders of the Allies , bringing an end to World War II with the Atomic Boom.
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At a remote test site at Semipalatinsk in Kazakhstan, the USSR successfully detonates its first atomic bomb.
The code name "First Lightning".
The information of the atomic program was given for Fuchs,a member of the U.S.,to the Soviets.
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She is formally crowned monarch of the U.K. in a lavish ceremony steeped in traditions that date back a millennium.
During the Battle of Britain, Princess Elizabeth and her only sibling, Princess Margaret, lived away from London in the safety of the countryside, but their parents endeared themselves to their subjects by remaining in bomb-damaged Buckingham Palace throughout the German air offensive.
