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war starts when germany invades poland under adolf hitler
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france the united kingdom australia canada new zealand and south africa declare war agianst germany
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Red Army invades Poland in accordance with Nazi-Soviet Pact
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warsaw falls to nazi germany
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Red Army attacks Finland
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German Army invades Denmark and Norway
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Battle of Britain begins when germany attacks mainland britian by air
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German Army invades France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands; Winston Churchill appointed British Prime Minister
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italy declares war on britian and france
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Nazis take Paris
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the italians invade british controled egypt from italian controled lybia
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italy germany and japan sign the tripartite pact
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italy invades greece from albania
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the air battle over britian end in defeat for nazi germany
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Nazi Germany and its Axis partners (except Bulgaria) invade the Soviet Union. Finland, seeking redress for the territorial losses in the armistice concluding the Winter War, joins the Axis just before the invasion. The Germans quickly overrun the Baltic States and, joined by the Finns, lay siege to Leningrad (St. Petersburg) by September. In the center, the Germans capture Smolensk in early August and drive on Moscow by October. In the south, German and Romanian troop
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A Soviet counteroffensive drives the Germans from the Moscow suburbs in chaotic retreat
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Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
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The United States declares war on Japan, entering World War II. Japanese troops land in the Philippines, French Indochina (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia), and British Singapore. By April 1942, the Philippines, Indochina, and Singapore are under Japanese occupation.
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Nazi Germany and its Axis partners declare war on the United States.
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US and British troops land at several points on the beaches of Algeria and Morocco in French North Africa. The failure of the Vichy French troops to defend against the invasion enables the Allies to move swiftly to the western border of Tunisia, and triggers the German occupation of southern France on November 11.
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Hitler commits suicide with his girlfriend eva braun
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germany surrender s to the western allies after soviet russia invades
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The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
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The United States drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki.
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japan has an unconditional surrender after two atomic bombs are dropped on hiroshima and nagasaki