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Nazi Germany invaded nuetral Poland territory, which then started WWII.
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Nazi Germany invades France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. The Nazis are gaining territory at an alarming rate.
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Italy decalres war on France and Britain.
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German U-boats attack merchant ships in the Atlantic.
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First troops of "Afrika Korps"-Geraman troops- arrive in Tripoli, Northern Africa.
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First experimental use of gas chambers to execute Jews and lesser races at Auschwitz.
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Japanese planes attack the US naval base in Hawaii.
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The US, led by FDR, declares war on the Axis powers.
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Italy and Germany reciprocate and decalre war on the US.
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American Naval victory at Batlle of Midway marks as a turning point in the Pacific
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The Battle of Stalingrad begins
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Germany surrenders at Stalingrad and marks Germays first major defeat.
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Italy surrenders to the Allied troops, and soon after decalred war on Germany as an allied force
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Allied troops fight Nazi Germany on beaches of Normany in France, beginning the march across Germany to defeat Hitler.
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The Battle of the Bulge begins on the western front and soldiers are forced to fight in trenuous conditions
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The Yalta Conference is held between the "Big Three"- FDR, Stalin, and Churchill.
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Allied troops officially accept the surrender of Nazi Germany and Hitlers reign.
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US drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
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US drops and atomic bomb on Nagasaki.
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Formal surrender of Japan
