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Because Germany had marched into Poland , Great Britian and France had declared war agianst Germany.
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Soviets being to invade Poland, taking Vilnius the next day.
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Russia is expelled from the League of Nations.
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The Finnish agree to the Treaty of Moscow along with the Russians.
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The British are defeated by the AfrikaCorps and loose El Aghelia.
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Hitler tries to close the Western front and end the war quickly. He ended up taking over France quickly but had problems when invading Britian, thus beging a two front war.
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Italy declares war on France and England.
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Italian planes bomb the city of Alexandria.
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Japanese forces take the French Colony of Indochina.
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The United States reponds to this as a act of war and cuts off oil supply to Japan.
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The itatilan forces that were stationed in Lubia begint o attack British Eygpt.
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The Russians announce that any males between the ages of 19 and 20 will go to war.
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Sollum was captured by the British.
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Admiral Isoroku begins to plan the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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The biggest invasion of the war, the Germans march into Russia.
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Many key Russian cities are surrounded by the Germans after Operation Barbossa.
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The city of Smolensk falls to the Germans after the last line of Russian defenses fall.
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Japan sends six aircraft carriers undetected towards the United States to begin Pearl Harbor.
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Japan sends people to the United States to what to do to aviod war but has already planned out Pearl Harbor.
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The Japanese attack Pearl Harbor in the Pacific commenses, catching the United States off guard.
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Germany, Italy, and Japan declare war on the United States right after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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The Allies reach Agedabia and capture it.
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The Japanese take control over Manlia Philliphines.
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The Russians have changed tides and begun the offensive on the Germans.
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Rommel launches his second attack.
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Hitler realizes the Russians have started to grow as a power and have begun to retreat out of Russia.
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Hitler begins this invasion of Russian Caucasus, which has plently of oil.
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United States Troops arrive in Australia after the Japanese bombings.
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In the Battle of the Coral Sea, a Japanese fleet is turned back by the United States and prevents an attack on New Guiena.
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The Battle of Tanks in the desert occurs where the Germans defeat the British.
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A Japanese submarine launches an aircraft that dropped firebombs in Oregon, USA.
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The Battle Of El Alamien has begun outside of the small desert railway station.
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Allied forces land in Morroco and Algeria begining Operation Torch.
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The Axis power begin to retreat from Lybia to Tunisia for the last time.
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The Afrkia Corps sstart to give up all over Tunisia.
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This Operation between the Russians and the Germans leads to one of the biggest armour fights in history.
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Hitler orders to end Operation Citadel and the Battle of the Kursk.
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The begining use of late night bombing decreased the amount of allies being shot down and decreased the power of the German army.
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German annnounces that school children will be put to work for thw war, such as building war needs.
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Germany confirms the plan that wil begin the envasion of France.
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Hitler appears at a funeral and uncovers himself for the first time since November when he gave the "old Fighters" speech.
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Mussolini and Hitler meet up for one of their last meetings where Hitler says he can expect a allied invasion in 6-8 weeks.
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Eishenhower releases the information that D- Day will begin on June 5th.
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The invasion of Northen France had begunw ith e landing of allies on the beaches of Normandy in an attempt pusht he Germans out.
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The plans for the invasion of Southern France have been set for August 15th.
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The biggest parachute landing in history had begun for the allies in an attempt to land behind enemy lines and take bridges to gain control.
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The allies continue to push the Germans back on the Franco-German border taking Saar.
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In an attept to end the war with Japan once and for all, the United States deployed a atomic bomb on Hiroshima, killing thousands and then three days later dropping another atomic bomb on Nagasaki, causing the Japanese to surrender.
