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Adolf Hitler becomes leader of Germany.
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Japan attacks China
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The Germans take over Austria.
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Poland is invaded by German and Soviet troops
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Franklin Roosevelt is re - elected as U.S President for a third term
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Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor.
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Japan takes over the Phillippines
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General Montgomery leads allies to victory in North Africa against Against axis troops.
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The Allies send invasion forces to Normandy France.
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Germany surrenders
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Japan surrenders