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Britain and France declare war on Germany.
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Russia-Finland war ends. It convinces Hitler that the Russian military is ineffective.
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Germany invades France, Holland, Belgium, and Luxemburg. Winston Churchill becomes Britain's prime minister.
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Evacuation of British and French forces to Britain at Dunkirk begins.
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The evacuation at Dunkirk ends. 338,000 troops were rescued. Churchill declares that Britain will never surrender.
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German troops march into Paris.
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British night bombers bomb Berlin.
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Spain rejects Hitler's offer to join the war and remains neutral.
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Hitler orders to stop army group Center's advance to Moscow and to transfer its two tank armies to army groups "North" and "South". This is perhaps Hitler's greatest mistake.
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Hermann Goering orders the SS to prepare "the final solution", the plan to murder the millions of European jews.
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The final German attack towards Moscow begins (operation Typhoon).
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"Industrial scale" murder of jews by poison gas begins in Nazi death camps.
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Hitler survives an assassination attempt by senior German officers with light wounds.
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The president of the United States dies.
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German defense in northern Italy finally collapse.
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Adolf Hitler commits suicide in his bunker in Berlin. He appoints Admiral Doenitz as his successor. (Some people think that he was murdered)
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Germany surrenders. The war in Europe ends.
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World War 2 finally ends.
