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September 1, 1939, German tanks rolled into Poland.
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by 1941, Great Britain stood alone as the last European democracy against the Third Reich.
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the Allies finally liberated Italy from Nazi control
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25 and 24
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western border at the Battle of the Bulge, in December 1944, ended serious German resistance in the west
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In March 1945, American marines gained control of the tiny, but strategically located, island of Iowa Jima
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unknown date
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on August 9, American pilots dropped a second atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki
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