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  Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany. His Nazi Party, or the Third Reich, takes power and Hitler is essentially the dictator of Germany.
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  Germany invades Poland
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  Britain, France and New Zealand declared war on Germany
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  Soviet Union invades eastern Poland
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  Finland had been invaded by the Soviet Union
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  Finland signs peace treaty with Societ Union
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  Germans capture Yugoslavia and Greece
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  Germans capture Athenas
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  Germany invades Soviet Union
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  Singapur falls to Japanese
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  In the battle of Midway, 4 Japanise carriers sunk
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  Battle of El Alamein begins
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  Surrender of Axis forces in North America
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  Mussolini´s Italian Fascist government overthrown
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  Italy sings armistice
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  Operation Neptune or Overlord, allied invasion of Normandy
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  From here there were too many liberations of countries and villages, like Paris, South France and more
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  Soviets capture Warsaw
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  US president dies, Truman becomes president
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  Japan formally surrendered, ending World War II