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Hitler takes France.
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Roosevelt Re-Elected to a 3rd Term
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Germany invades the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa.
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In the first major Allied offensive, British and U.S. armies attack Germany's Africa Korps on the Mediterranean chasing forces back toward Libya.
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The Italian government officially surrenders to the Allied powers; still, German forces occupy much of Italy.
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Original D-Day Footage
The first of nearly 3 million Allied soldiers arrive in Normandy, on the northern shores of France. -
President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Georgia.
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Germany Surrenders
The German army signs an unconditional surrender. -
The United States drops an atomic bomb—the first to be used in warfare—on Hiroshima, killing 75,000 people instantly, and injuring more than 100,000.
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A formal surrender ceremony is conducted in Tokyo Bay on the U.S. battleship Missouri. World War II officially ends.