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Hitler threatens the Jews during Reichstag speech.
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Nazis take Czechoslovakia
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Nazis sign 'Pact of Steel' with Italy.
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Britain and Poland sign a Mutual Assistance Treaty.
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Nazis invade Poland.
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Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany.
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British Royal Air Force attacks the German Navy.
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United States proclaims its neutrality; German troops cross the Vistula River in Poland.
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Canada declares war on Germany; Battle of the Atlantic begins.
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Soviets invade Poland.
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Warsaw surrenders to Nazis; Reinhard Heydrich becomes the leader of new Reich Main Security Office (RSHA).
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Nazis and Soviets divide up Poland.
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Assassination attempt on Hitler fails.
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Soviets attack Finland.
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Soviet Union expelled from the League of Nations.
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Rationing begins in Britain.
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Finland signs a peace treaty with Soviets.
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Germans bomb Scapa Flow naval base near Scotland.
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Nazis invade Denmark and Norway.
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Nazis invade France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands; Winston Churchill becomes British Prime Minister.
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Holland surrenders to the Nazis.
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Evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk begins.
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Belgium surrenders to the Nazis.
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Germans bomb Paris.
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Norway surrenders to the Nazis; Italy declares war on Britain and France.
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Germans enter Paris.
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Marshal Pétain becomes French Prime Minister.
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Hitler and Mussolini meet in Munich; Soviets begin occupation of the Baltic States.
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France signs an armistice with Nazi Germany.
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Hitler tours Paris.
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Britain recognizes General Charles de Gaulle as the Free French leader.
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German U-boats attack merchant ships in the Atlantic.
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French Vichy government breaks off relations with Britain.
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Battle of Britain begins.
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Soviets take Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.
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German bombing offensive against airfields and factories in England.
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Italians occupy British Somaliland in East Africa.
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Air battles and daylight raids over Britain.
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Hitler declares a blockade of the British Isles.
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First German air raids on Central London.
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First British air raid on Berlin.
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Hitler plans Operation Sea Lion (the invasion of Britain).
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German Blitz against Britain begins.
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Italians invade Egypt.
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Massive German air raids on London, Southampton, Bristol, Cardiff, Liverpool and Manchester.
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United States military conscription bill passed.
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Tripartite (Axis) Pact signed by Germany, Italy and Japan.
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Germans postpone Operation Sea Lion until Spring of 1941.
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German troops enter Romania.
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Italy invades Greece.
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Roosevelt re-elected as U.S. president.
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Torpedo bomber raid cripples the Italian fleet at Taranto, Italy.
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Germans bomb Coventry, England.
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Hungary joins the Axis Powers.
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Greeks defeat the Italian 9th Army.
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Romania joins the Axis Powers.
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British begin a western desert offensive in North Africa against the Italians.
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Massive German air raid on London.
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Tobruk in North Africa falls to the British and Australians.
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British forces advance into Italian Somaliland in East Africa.
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German General Erwin Rommel arrives in Tripoli, North Africa.
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First units of German 'Afrika Korps' arrive in North Africa.