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Germany demands to have the Sudetenland
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Germany invades Poland and starts World War II.
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Soviets entered Poland from the east just after Germany entered from the west. This helped to start World War II
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Germany continues to bomb the British, yet cannot defeat them.
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Hitler breaks the Nonaggression Pact and invades the Soviet Union.
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This was a decisive battle between capital ships in the Atlantic.
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Germans laid siege to the city of Leningrad and virtually destroyed it.
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Japan surprise attacks Pearl Harbor.
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This was one of the first major battles of the Pacific, and was due to Japan's attack on British colonies the same day as Pearl Harbor.
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The Allies had their first decisive victory against the Germans.
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The Battle of Stalingrad begins. This marks the first major loss of the Nazi campaign.
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Allies plan to invade Northern Africa and push the Nazis back to Europe.
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The Allies pushed up through Africa and invaded the beaches of Italy, their first front in Europe.
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The United States and Britain storm the beaches of occupied France.
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This was the Germans last offensive attack of the war, however, it was only successful for a short period of time.
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The Russians liberated the camp of Auschwitz and freed the people, many of whom were in critical care.
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The Nazis surrender
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The United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima
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The United States dropped another atomic bomb, this time on the city of Nagasaki.
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Japan Surrenders and World War II is over.
