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World War || begins with Hitler invading Poland. Two days later. France and Britain declares war on Germany
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Soviet leader Joseph Stalin was working with Hitler and invaded Poland and gained a part of poland
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Warsaw, the capital of Poland, surrendered to German troops.
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The first engagement of the war happened when British cruisers defeated a German battleship at the Battle of the River Plate -
Germany invaded Norway which ended a 6 month long period called the "Phony War"
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Churchill became prime minister and the same day, Germany takes over Belgium
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The British Army escaped England from Dunkirk, France, and they lived to fight another day -
Italy joins the war on Germany's side
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Paris surrenders to German Troops -
Germany had a policy called "Lightning War" and that meant to take a part of western Europe including the Netherlands, Belgium and France
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German troops bomb British fighters in order to try and invade England
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Axis Powers attacks Russia with over 4 million troops
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Japan attacks Pearl Harbor causing the US to be weak. Hitler declares war on the US 4 days later
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The Allies invade Italy and take over Sicily -
Italy surrenders to the Allies but German troops help Mussolini escape and set up a government in Northern Italy
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Allied forces invade France and pushes out the Germans.
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Paris was freed from the Germans control -
Germans attack the Allies but lose
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US Marines invade and takes control of Japan
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US Third Army crosses the Rhine River into Germany
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President Roosevelt dies
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Hitler commits suicide when he realizes Germany has lost
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Germany surrenders -
The US drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Japan surrenders to the Allies