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Germany invades Poland
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Battle of the Atlantic beings
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Auschwitz established
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Italy declares war on France and Great Britain
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U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend- Lease bill
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The Bismark is sunk
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The Japanese launch a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
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The Battle of Midway begins
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Anne Frank and her family go into hiding
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The Allies invade North Africa (Operation Torch)
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The Germans surrender at Stalingrad, Soviet Union
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The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins
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Battle of Kursk begins
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Italy surrenders
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D-Day
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Anne Frank and her family are discovered and arrested
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Battle of the Bulge begins
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Yalta Conference begins
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Allies begin bombing Dresden
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Battle of Iwo Jima begins
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Mussolini is hanged by Italian partisans
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Adolf Hitler commits suicide
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Germany signs an unconditional surrender
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The United States drops the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan
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The United States drops a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan
