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world war II begins
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france and great britain declare war on germany
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soviet union invades poland
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UK wins the first sea battle
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the “final solution” was established
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germany invades denmark and norway
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Winston churchill becomes leader of the british government
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italy joins the war
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germany launches air attack on great britain
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germany, italy, and japan sign the tripartite pact
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the us joins the war
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germany declares war on the us
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us navy defeats the japanese navy
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italy surrenders
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allied forces invade france
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paris is liberated from german control
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germans launch attack in the battle of the bulge
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us marines invade the island of Iwo Jima
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the us third army crosses the rhine river
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President Franklin Roosevelt dies
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Hitler commits suicide when Germany lost the war
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germany surrenders to the allies
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the us drops atomic bomb on hiroshima
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another atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki
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the war ends