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The Olympic games was a propaganda success for the Nazi government.
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Hitler and Stalin signed a non-aggression pact which included secret clauses for the division of Poland.
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Hitler marched into Czechoslovakia and occupied the country.
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Hitler invades Denmark and Norway to safeguard supply routs and Norwegian base from which to break the British naval blockade on Germany.
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The Japanese attached the US pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor
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Britain and the United States declared war on Japan.
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The USA defeated the Japanese navy at the Battle of Midway.
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Hitler’s successor, Admiral Donizetti, offered an unconditional surrender to the allies.
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The British and American forces managed to defeat the Axis forces in North Africa
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The allies launched an attack on Germany’s forces in Normandy, Western France.
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The French capital of Paris was liberated from the Germans.
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The first V2 flying bombs killed three people in London.
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Germany launched its final defensive through the Ardennes region of Belgium. However, they were beaten back by the allies.
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President Roosevelt died. He was succeeded by President Truman.
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Adolf Hitler committed suicide in his bombproof shelter together with his mistress, Eva Braun, who he had, at the last minute, made his wife.
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German forces in Italy surrendered to the Allies.
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Victory in Europe was celebrated.
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Italian partisans captured Mussolini and executed him.
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The Allies crossed the Rhine while Soviet forces were approaching Berlin from the East.
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The US dropped an atomic bomb on the island of Hiroshima.
