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  September 1939. Germany invades Poland. France and Britain declare war on the Germans.
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  Japan signs the Tripartite Pact with Germany and Italy
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  Germany invades the soviet union
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  France falls to Germany, Germany begins battle with Britain
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  Japan attacks pearl Harbor
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  Japan defeated at battle of midway
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  The allies push Rommel back in North Africa
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  Germans surrender at Stalingrad.
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  Japan defeated at Guadalcanal
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  D-Day invasion of Normandy
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  Japan defeated at battle of leyte gulf
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  Soviets enter Warsaw
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  British and american forces cross Rhine
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  Germany surrenders
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  U.S drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. Japan surrenders