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Japanese air forces attacked Pearl Harbor on the American island of Oahu, as well as numerous other Pacific islands. In response, the United States have requested a non-aggression pact with Japan due to the Neutrality Acts and fear of further invasion.
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The Japanese have taken over all Pacific nations and unaffiliated islands. Britain withdraws all forces from the Pacific.
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After some complications with Italy in the Balkans, Germany gives military support and takes the Balkan nations, which are then annexed into German territory.
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Germany and Japan have threatened to declare war on the United States should they choose to supply any nations with any sort of war munitions without Axis consent. The United States agrees to these terms out of fear of invasion and economic repercussions.
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Germany has entered Stalingrad in the USSR with the Sixth Army and other forces.
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Eight death camps have been created in Poland for the extermination of those who are not "Aryan". Ten million have already been killed in these camps. There are few Jews left in German-controlled places. Those that remain live in ghettos awaiting transit to concentration camps.
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The Germans have had a successful invasion of Stalingrad despite the onset of an early winter due to a Soviet lack of preparation. The United States has ceased to supply the USSR with war munitions.
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After a devastating defeat at Moscow, the Soviet Union declares an unconditional surrender to Axis powers. Germany annexes the Soviet Union into German territory.
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After Soviet Union's surrender Great Britain withdraws all foreign troops from colonies to defend Great Britain. Great Britain allows locals to establish new governments.
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Hitler demands that all African nations recognize Germany as their mother nation or they will be destroyed. All governments except for three accept the terms given by Germany, and the remaining three are taken over in the following months.
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Japan forces invade Australia and within a month Australia surrenders to Japan. The majority of Australian forces were abroad aiding Britain when Jpapan invaded
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The growing superpower of Germany controls most of mainland Europe, the Soviet Union, and the nations of Africa. Japan has dominance over the Pacific islands, including Hawaii. They are making progress toward control in Australia, the Philippines, and Indonesia, but Australia is defending the land well.
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German forces invade Switzerland, Hungary, the Ukraine, and the surrounding nations. The Ukraine and the Soviet Union resist these forces, but their resistance is disorganized and unprepared to face the organized, well-armed Germany. Meanwhile, Italy signs a non-aggression pact with Spain but enters Portugal by the Strait of Gibraltar. Italian forces overwhelm the Portuguese, who surrender to Italy within three months.
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British and Canadian forces invade Normandy before German forces are prepared. Although they successfully push through the forces there, German reinforcements take out most of the invaders.
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Following a devastating loss after D-Day Britain surrenders unconditionally to the Axis Powers. Shortly after the United States declares a state of emergency in defense of the Axis powers.
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Under the leadership of the Slovak National Council, underground Slovak resistance units rise against the Germans and the existing fascist Slovak regime. The Germans capture the headquarters of the uprising and put an end to all organized resistance.
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On the tenth anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor Axis Powers have invaded Hawaii as well as Canada. The United Sates and Canada's' militarized have been mobilized in response but after several years of preparation the Axis forces look nearly unstoppable.
