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Hitler invades Poland on Spetember 1st. Britan and France declare war on Germany two days later.
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Rationing starts in the UK.
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German 'Blitzkrieg' overwhelms Belgium, Holland and France.
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Churchill becomes Prime Minister of Britain.
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British Expeditionary Force evacuated from Dunkirk.
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British victory in Battle of Britain forces Hitler to postpone invasion plans.
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Hitler begins Operation Barbarossa - the invasion of Russia.
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The Blitz continues against Britain's major cities.
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Allies take Tobruk in North Africa, and resist German attacks.
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Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, and the US enters the war.
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Germany suffers setbacks at Stalingrad and El Alamein.
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Singapore falls to the Japanese in February - around 25,000 prisoners taken.
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American naval victory at Battle of Midway, in June, marks turning point in Pacific War.
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Mass murder of Jewish people at Auschwitz begins.
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Surrender at Stalingrad marks Germany's first major defeat.
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Allied victory in North Africa enables invasion of Italy to be launched.
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Italy surrenders, but Germany takes over the battle.
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British and Indian forces fight Japanese in Burma.
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Allies land at Anzio and bomb monastery at Monte Cassino.
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Soviet offensive gathers pace in Eastern Europe.
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D Day: The Allied invasion of France. Paris is liberated in August.
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Guam liberated by the US Okinawa, and Iwo Jima bombed.
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Auschwitz liberated by Soviet troops.
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Russians reach Berlin: Hitler commits suicide and Germany surrenders on 7 May.
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Truman becomes President of the US on Roosevelt's death, and Attlee replaces Churchill.
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After atomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan surrenders on 14 August.
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