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Germany invades Poland, Germany declares war
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Nazis invade Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Belgium
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Nazis bomb Coventry, England
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Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor, Philippines, Guam force U.S. into war; U.S. Pacific fleet crippled
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U.S. and Britain declare war on Japan. Germany and Italy declare war on U.S.; Congress declares war on those countries
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Berlin falls
