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Germany invades Poland
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World War 2
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Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany.
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Canada declares war on Germany.
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Soviet Union invades eastern Poland.
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Surrender of Warsaw.
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Soviet Union invades Finland.
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British Prime Minister, Chamberlain, resigns, replaced by Churchill.
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Italy declares war on Britain and France.
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France signs armistice with Germany.
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Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour.
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Japanese declare war on USA.
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Allies (except Soviets) declare war on Japan.
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Germany declares war on USA.
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Battle of Midway - 4 Japanese carriers sunk.
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Battle of El Alamein begins.
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German surrender at Stalingrad.
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Mussolini's Italian Fascist government overthrown.
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Italy signs armistice.
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Allied invasion of Normandy.
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Allies liberate Paris.
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US President Roosevelt dies - Truman becomes President.
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Mussolini captured by partisans and executed.
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Hitler commits suicide.
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German unconditional surrender.
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Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
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Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki.
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Japanese surrender.
