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Nazi Germany invades Poland, ultimately the actual start of WOrld War II
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Germany figures out that conquering the world will not be as easy as they imagined
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Germany is then allowed to occupy the northern part of the country
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Germany also invades Romania and Hitler and Mussolini get together to arrange things between them for the war
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Lend-Lease Act was the principal means for providing U.S. military aid to foreign nations during World War II. (Mainly to Britain)
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Germany moves forward and tries to invade Russia, ultimately causing Hitler to lose the war because he lost troops, supplies, money, and anything for the war.
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This alerts some countries about the Japanese Empire and makes them be aware that Japan could also become very powerful like Germany.
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Japan attacks Pearl Harbor and the US joins the war in the attempt to stop the Japanes from conquering the whole pacific theatre, as well as also helping the allies to fight against Germany.
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Hitler executes the final solution to eliminate all Jews in Germany, this is very important because it is a huge ideological mistake from Hitler.
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This is important because Japan gets a little taste of the power of the US and showing Japan that they are serious about war, telling Japan that nobody messes with the US.
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This is a very important battle for the US and Japan because it will prove who can win battles from the start of the war between them.
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This is a very important battle because this island helps the US resuply planes and re-fuel them in the middle of battles once it is already theirs, it is a huge tactical gain.
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It is a very important battle because this can be the difference from Japan becoming a more powerful empire or losing troops and money.
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This is a huge win for the US because Japan loses troops, money, and supplies, and the US proves again that they will not stop until Japan surrenders and stops trying to become a huge empire.
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Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy.
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The battle of all of the allied forces against Germany, important for taking away Germany's land and power.
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The Yalta Conference was a meeting of British prime minister Winston Churchill, Soviet premier Joseph Stalin, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt early in February 1945 as World War II was winding down.
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It was the largest amphibious landing in the Pacific theater of World War II. Between the US and the Japanese Empire.
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The end of the major Europe land war. This is the moment when only the US is fighting Japan.
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A brutal nuclear bombing from the US to Japan to quickly end the war.
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A second nuclear bombing in Japan in order for Japan to see that the US has the power to destroy Japan in days. Ultimately to end the war and calm Japan down.
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The Japanese Empire surrenders and World War II ends.
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