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On this day, German forces bombard Poland on land and from the air, as Adolf Hitler seeks to regain lost territory.
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On this day, Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov declares that the polish goverment has seized to exist.
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On this day, German warships enter major Norwegian ports, from Narvik to Oslo, deploying thousands of German troops and occupying Norway.
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Italy entered the war on the Axis side on June 10, 1940 as the defeat of France became apparent.
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Mussolini's army, already occupying Albania, invades Greece in what will prove to be a disastrous military campaign for Duec's army.
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a date that will live in infamy, On that day Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory
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On this day, as American's Pacific fleet lay in ruins at Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt requests, and receives a declaration of war against Japan.
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On this day, Adolf Hitler declares war on the United States, bringing America, which had been neutral, into the European conflict.
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Stalingrad was the turning point of the war in Europe. It ended any realistic plans of Hitler dominating Europe. Soviet troops forced Nazi armies to retreat toward Germany.
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Was officially called Operation Overlord and involved landing 21 American divisions, 26 Polish, British, and Canadian divisions on a 50-mile stretch of beaches in Normandy.
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Hitler's thousand year reich or the third reich ended, lasting only 12 years. On May 7, Germany surrendered in a French schoolhouse that had acted as Eisenhower's headquarters. Americans celebrated Victory in Europe Day.
