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Poland gets invaded by Germany, then World War 2 had begun.
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France and Great Britain declare war on Germany because Germany invaded Poland.
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Germany invades and takes control of Denmark and Norway.
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Germany uses quick stikes called blitzkrieg, meaning lightning war, to take over much of Western Europe including the Netherlands, Belgium, and Northern France.
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Winston Churchill becomes the laeder of the British government
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The Axis Powers have a new member which is Italy.
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Germany launches an air attack on Great Britain.These attacks lastuntil the end of October and are known as the Battle of Britain.
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Germany,Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact creating the Axis Alliance
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Germany and the Axis Powers attack Russia with a huge force of over 4 million troops!
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The Japanese attacked the U.S navy in Pearl Harbor. The next day the U.S enters World War II on the side of the Allies
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The US Navy defeats the Japanese navy at the Battle of Midway.
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Italy surrenders to the Allies. however Germany helps Mussolini to escape and set up a government in Northern Italy.
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D-day and the Normandy invasion. Allied forces invade France and push back the Germans.
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Paris is liberated from German control.
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The Germans launch a large attack in the Battle of the Bulge.They lose to the Allies sealing the fate of the German Army.
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The US Third Army under General Patton crosses the Rhine River.
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US President Franklin Roosevelt dies. He is succeded by President Harry Truman.
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Adolf Hitler commits suicide as he knows that Germany has lost the war
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Germany surrendors to the Allies.
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VE -Day officialy announced the end to World War 2 in Europe
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The United States drops the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. The city is devasted.
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Another Atomis Bomb is dropped on Nagasaski, Japan.
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Japan Surrendors to US General Douglas MacArthur and the Allies.
