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Japan attacked Chinese soldiers and civiliians across manchuria, namely in a city called Nanjing, where they massacered between 40,000 and 200,000 civillians.
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Germany annexes Austria, known as the Aunchluss
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German troops move into Warsaw, initiating World War II In Europe.
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Russian soldiers invade poland from the east, Poland falls not long after, and the country is divided up between Germany and Russia.
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France signs an armistice agreement where the Germans occupy the northern half of the country, and the south is allowed to remain Independant, ruled by a puppet-government centered in Vichy, France.
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The German-initiated air war over England, known as the Battle Of Britan, ends when the German Luftwaffe leaves in defeat, but not after much of England sustained heavy losses.
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In an effort to reinstate german control over North Africa, and namely, the Suez Canal, germany sends The Afrika Corps to Northern Africa to drive out British Troops.
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Due in part mainly to the Resiliance of the Russian people, and the luck of having an exceptionally harsh winter, the German forces could no longer survive in the region, and were forced to retreat.
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Known as the Date Which Will Live In Infamy, Japan initiates a surprise attack on American Military Base, Pearl Harbor, This begins American involvement in the second world war.
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Japanese troops land in the Philippines, French Indochina , and British Singapore. Not long after, they all fall to British Control.
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Beginning of the U.S. involvement of WWII in Europe.
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American forces stop the Japanese advance southward at the Battle Of Midway.
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The Japanese Island-Hopping campaign headed towards Australia is stopped at the battle of Guadalcanal.
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German troops fight their way into Stalingrad and sourround the city.
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German and Italian soldiers are sent into retreat after the loss of El Alemain. (and ultimately loss of Suez Canal)
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This is the end of the Axis campaign in africa, and the begging of the end of the Axis powers throughout Europe and Asia.
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Before long, American and British forces control the entirety of Italy.
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American, English, and Canadian forces land on the beaches of Normandy to open up a second front for the germans to have to fight on.
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Douglass Macarthur returns to liberate the Philippines.
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The Last offensive by the Germans in WWII, the Battle of the bulge was a failed attempt at splitting up allied forces and regainign control of belgium, however within a month, German forces were in retreat.
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By this point in time, the Axis powers in europe faced certain demise.
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Okinawa, the last island beofre Japan is now under U.S. control.
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The war in europe has come to an end.
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This Marks the end of the second world war.
