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Germany Invades Poland, Starting World War II
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Britain and France decalred war on Germany
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Auschwitz Established
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Germany Invades France, Belgium, and the Netherlands
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Italy Declares War on France and Great Britain
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France Surrenders to Germany
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Battle of Britain begins
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The U.S. Begins Its First Peacetime Draft
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U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt Signs Lend-Lease Bill
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British Ship "Hood" is Sunk by Germany's "Bismarck"
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"Bismarck" is Sunk
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Japanese Launch Attack on Peral Harbor, Hawaii
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Germany and Italy Declare war on US and vise versa
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Germans Surrender at Stalingrad, Soviet Union
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Roosevelt Issues Executive Order 9066
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Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Begins
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Italy Surrenders
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After 900 Days, Siege of Leningrad is Finally Over
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D-Day
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Assassination Attempt Against Hitler Fails
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US Drops First Atomic Bomb on Japan
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Hitler Commits Suicide
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Germany Signs an Unconditional Surrender
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US Drops Second Atomic Bomb on Japan
