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  Beginning of World War II
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  Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg
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  Japan attacks U.S naval base Pearl Harbor. This brings the United States into World War II.
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  U.S. invades France
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  World War II ends in Europe.
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  Bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan
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  Bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.
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  World War II is over