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World War 2
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Germany invades Poland, Britain and France give Hitler ultimatum
Britain and France give Hitler ultimatum -
Declare war
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Nazis invade Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourge
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Italy declares war on France and Britain.
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Germans enter Paris; city undefended
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Nazis bomb Coventry, England.
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Germans launch attacks in Balkans. Yugoslavia surrenders
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Japanese attacks Pearl Harbour, Philippines.
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U.S., Britain and Australia declare war on Japan
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British surrender Singapore to Japanese
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Casablanca Conference - Churchill and Franklin Delano Roosevelt agree on unconditional surrender goal
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German 6th Army surrenders at Stalingrad - turning point of war in Russia
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Conference: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin agree on invasions plans
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U.S. and British troops land at Anzio on west Italian coast and hold beachhead
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Mussolini killed at Lake Como
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suicide of Hitler announced