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Germany invades Poland, World War 2 begins.
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Britain and France declare war on Germany.
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U.S. remains neutral. President Roosevelt declares "limited national emergency"
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Russia invades Poland.
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Warsaw surrenders.
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Germany invades France, Holland, Belgium, and Luxemburg.
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German troops march into Paris.
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France surrenders.
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Germany invades the British Channel islands.
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British night bombers bomb Berlin.
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Japan joins The Axis.
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Hitler cancels the invasion of Britain.
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Spain rejects Hitler's offer to join the war and remains neutral.
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Germany invades Yugoslavia and Greece.
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Japan and Russia sign non-aggression pact.
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Germany invades Russia. Hitler orders "maximum cruelty".
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Stalin orders the "scorched earth" strategy
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Japanese Navy attacks Pearl Harbor and the Phillipines; U.S. joins the war.
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Germany and Italy declare war on the U.S.
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German U-boats begin to sink ships along the U.S. East coast.
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U.S. troops begin to arrive in Britain.
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Murder of jews by poison gas begins in Nazi death camps.
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Doolittle's raid- U.S. bombers bomb Tokyo.
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American troops in Phillipines surrender.
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Battle of the Coral Sea.
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Battle of Midway.
Four Japanese carriers are sunk, and one American carrier. Japan's naval superiority is lost. -
Eisenhower becomes supreme commander of western allies forces.
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Allied bombers concentrate on the German fuel industry.
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D-Day.
American, British, and Canadian forces invade France at the beaches of Normandy. -
Battle of the Phillipine sea
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Warsaw revolts againt the Germans.
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Allied fighters achieve air superiority over Germany.
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Paris is liberated.
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President Roosevelt dies.
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Russians begin final advance to Berlin.
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Germany surrenders.
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U.S. test atomic bomb in New Mexico.
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Hiroshima is destroyed by an atomic bomb.
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Russia declares war on Japan.
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Japan surrenders. World War 2 ends.