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Hitler Invades Poland
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British victory in Battle of Britain forces Hitler to postpone invasion plans
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Hitler begins Operation Barbarossa - the invasion of Russia.
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Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, and the US enters the war.
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Singapore falls to the Japanese in February - around 25,000 prisoners taken
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Italy surrenders, but Germany takes over the battle
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D Day: The Allied invasion of France, Paris is liberated in August
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Russians reach Berlin: Hitler commits suicide and Germany surrenders on 7 May
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After atomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan surrendered