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•Germany invades Poland
•Great Britain and France declare war on Germany two days later www.ushmm.org -
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•Blitzkrieg against Denmark and Norway History.org
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•Attacks against Netherlands, Belgium and France. History.org
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•France surrenders www.ushmm.org
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•Air attack against Britain www.ushmm.org
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•Greece and Yugoslavia are captured
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•Hitler invades Soviet Union www.ushmm.org
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•Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, Phillipines and Dutch East Indies
•United States enters war www.history.org -
•Japan controls most of southeast Asia
•US wins battles of the Coral Sea and Midway www.history.org -
•German's attack Stalingrad
•Britain and US invade North Africa www.ushmm.org -
•Germany surrenders at Stalingrad History.org
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•German and Italian troops surrender in French North America History.org
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•Soviet's beat Germans at Battle of Kursk Historylearningsite.co.uk
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•Rome Falls to Allies
•D-Day on June 6th ushmm.org -
•Paris is liberated Historylearningsite.co.uk
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•Germany is invaded Ushmm.org
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•Soviet's enter Berlin (25th)
•Mussolini (28th) and Hitler (30th) die History.org -
•Germany surrenders Historylearningsite.co.uk
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•US drops Atomic bombs on Japan
•Japan surrenders (15th) Historylearningsite.co.uk -
•Japan officially signs treaty, surrendering
•WWII officially over
