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Nazi Germany invades Poland
Nazi Germany invaded Poland -
Germany begins invasion of U.S.S.R.
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Japan attacks at Pearl Harbor
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Colonel James Doolittle led a group of 16 American bombers on a daring air raid of Tokyo and several other Japanese cities
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Americans win Battle of Guadalcanal
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D-Day; The U.S. invasion of Normany, France
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Germans launched "Battle of the Bulge"
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American troops led by General Patton provided relif for American force in Bastogne
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U.S. Marines stormed the beaches of the island called Iwo Jima
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group of Marines made it to the top of Mount Suribachi and raised American flag
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Allied troops invade Okinawa
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a group of American troops spotted a Soviet force on the other side of the Elbe River
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Adolf Hitler commits suicide in Berlin
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VE Day; Unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany
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Hirohito announced end of the war in radio broadcast
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Formal Surrender of Japan
