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Japan invades Manchuria
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Marks the start of World War 2. German invaded Poland
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Germany invades France and France is not strong enough to hold them off.
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Great Britain was alone against Germany because France had fallen
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United States could give supplies to nations at war that would help defend the United States.
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Japan launches a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor
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Japan attacks the Philippines, Wake Island, Guam, Malaya, Thailand, Shanghai and Midway.
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Germany declares war on the United States after Pearl Harbor.
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Allied POWs are forced to walk 60miles under a hot sun.
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Japan and Allies. First battle in which aircraft carriers engaged eachother.
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Japan invades the Aleutian Islands.
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1st Marine Division invades Tulagi and Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. 1st U.S. amphibious landing in the Pacific Theater
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U.S. troops invade Adak Isalnd in the Aleutian Islands.
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Allies invade North Africa and fight Germans. Germans retreat
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Germans wanted oil fields in the Soviet Union. Soviets win. Turning point in Soviet Union.
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The Allies invade Italy. Allies took over Italy
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American and British soldiers surround Nazi's at Normandy, France. Turning point of the European Theater.
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Germany surrenders. World War 2 ends one day later
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U.S. drops first Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima
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U.S. drops second Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki
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Japan accepts unconditional surrender