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  The Japanese attack the US Navy in Pearl Harbor. The next day the US enters World War II on the side of the Allies.
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  The US Navy defeats the Japanese navy at the Battle of Midway.
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  The Allies invade and take the island of Sicily.
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  Italy surrenders to the Allies, however Germany helps Mussolini to escape and set up a government in Northern Italy
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  US Marines invade the island of Iwo Jima. After a fierce battle they capture the island.
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  D-day and the Normandy invasion. Allied forces invade France and push back the Germans.
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  Paris is liberated from German control.
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  The Germans launch a large attack in the Battle of the Bulge. They lose to the Allies sealing the fate of the German army.
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  US President Franklin Roosevelt dies. He is succeeded by President Harry Truman.
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  Adolf Hitler commits suicide as he knows Germany has lost the war.
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  Germany surrenders to the Allies.