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Germany invades Poland and annexes Danzig
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The Japanese attacked the Pearl Harbor to force the U.S. into war. The U.S. Pacific fleet is crippled.
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Rooseelt orders Japanese and Japanese Americans in westers U.S. to be exiled to relocation centers. Many stayed there for the remainder of the war.
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Allies launch Normandy invasion.
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Adolf Hitler commits suicide.
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Japanese sign surrender terms aboard battleship Missouri.