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Hitler invades Poland
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Britain/France declare war on Germany
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Hitler invades Denmark & Norway
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Italy becomes axis power & Germany controls France
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Tripartite Pact formed
Germany, Italy, & Japan -
Hitler attacks Russia
Used 3 million troops & 3,500 tanks. Operation Barbarossa. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
U.S. enters the war. -
Britain and U.S. declare war on Japan
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Battle of Midway
U.S. moved to offense when defeating the Japanese navy at this battle. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Russians won first victory against Germany. -
Axis powers surrender in North Africa
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Allies invade Sicily
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Allies gained land
British and U.S. forces won the island of Sicily -
Italy surrenders
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D-Day
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Rome is liberated
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Paris liberated
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Death of Roosevelt
President Truman took over the job. -
Hitler commits suicide
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German forces surrender
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Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Japanese surrender
