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Germany invades poland, WWII begins
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World War II
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Germany seizes Norway and Denmark
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Germany conquers Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Belgium
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Fall of France
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Battle of Britain
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Germany invades Soviet Union
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Atlantic Charter
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Pearl Harbor Attack
"A date which will live in infamy." -
Soviets halt Germans miles from Moscow
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Battle of Coral Sea, United States won
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Soviets win battle of Stalingrad, turn tied back towards Germany
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Battle of Midway-Americans win
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British victory at Al Alamein
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Rommel's army surrenders
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Italy surrenders
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D-Day
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Battle of the Bulge
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VE Day
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Atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima
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Atom bomb dropped on Nagasaki
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VJ Day
