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Joseph Stalin becomes the leader of the Soviet Union.
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Japan invades a province of China named Manchuria. This attack is based the Japanese' need for resources.
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Benito Mussolini and facist Italy invade Ethiopia. Machine guns against bows and arrows.
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Germany marches into the demilitarized zone between them and France.
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Hitler and Nazi Germany reunite Austria and part of Czechoslovakia with Germany
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Hitler's German army invades Poland using the "Lightning War" (Blitzkrieg).
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British, French, and Belgian forces are pinned against the British Aisle at the port city of Dunkirk. The end result is an evacuation which rescues nearly 338,200 soldier, and takes them to England.
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German and British air forces wage war over the British Aisle.
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Germany conquers Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, and France.
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Japanese bombers attack American Navy ships is the Hawaiian Harbor causing nearly 3,000 causualties.
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The United States declares war on Japan.
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Soviet soldiers fight to defend major city whereas Hitler wants it to come down.
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British forces under command of Bernard Montgomery push German troops out of Egypt and back towards Tunisia.
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Allied forces in North Africa invade Sicily and than mainland Italy.
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Rome, Italy is liberated by the Allied forces heading north into Europe.
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Allied Forces land on the beaches of Normandy and invade German occupied France.
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Paris, France is liberated by Allied force.
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German forces press one final major offensive against the east marching Allies. German offensive ends in defeat.
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The Germans surrender ending the war in Europe.
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The Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki become the first to have nuclear weapons used against them.
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The Japanese surrender ending World War II entirely.
