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Germany and Russia sign a ten-year non-aggression alliance
named The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact -
German attacks Poland
Great britain and France declare war on Germany -
Italy declares war on France and England
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German bomber planes begin attacking British airfields
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Japanese naval task force launches hundreds of aircraft to attack pear harbor
the US and Canada declare war on Japan -
Singapore surrenders to Japan. 130,000 British, Indian, and Australians
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American Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle leads a group of B-25 bombers on an attack on Tokyo and four other Japanese cities.
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Germany, Reinhard Heydrich holds the Wannsee Conference, for planning the coordination of the murder of Jews all across Europe
end result was the holocaust -
German troops begin the battle for Stalingrad
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The surrounded German 6th Army at Stalingrad surrenders. About 450,000 soldiers in total died in the fight for the city
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Italian Premier Benito Mussolini is removed from power, replaced by Marshal Badoglio
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D-Day, Operation Overlord begins, with British, American, and Canadian forces landing on Normandy beaches in northern France.
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Adolf Hitler is slightly wounded in an assassination attempt by Claus von Stauffenberg, involving several high-ranking Germans
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American forces return to the Philippines
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Adolf Hitler commits suicide in his underground bunker
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America drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima
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Japan signs official surrender
