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Germany invades Poland, WWII begins.
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Britain and France declare war on Germany
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The US remains neutral but president Roosevelt declares "limited national emergency".
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Russia invades Poland
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Russia invades Finalnd
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Germany invades France, Holland, Belgium, Luxemburg. Winston Churchill becomes Britain's prime minister.
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German forces reach the British Channel.
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incredible German war tactics - blitzkrieg
the outdated french defenses - maginot line -
Japan joins The Axis
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Rains stop German advance to Moscow due to deep mud which stops both tanks and infantries.
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At temperatures of -34C (-29F) and below, a major Russian counter attack near Moscow begins. Moscow is saved, and the Germans are pushed back.
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Japanese attack and bomb Peral Harbor Naval base.
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US troops begin to arrive in Britain
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The battle of Kursk begins with Germany and the Sovient Union.
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American, British, Canadian forces invade France at the beaches of Normandy
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The first missle German V-1 cruise attacked on Britain.
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Hiroshima is destroyed by an atomic bomb
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President Roosevelt dies from a stroke,
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Adolf Hitler commits suicide in his bunker in Berlin. He appoints Admiral Doenitz as his successor.
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Battle of Okinawa ends
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The US tests the atomic bomb in New Mexico and it successfully works.
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Nagasaki is destroyed by an atomic bomb
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Formal Surrender of Japan to offical end war.
