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On June 4, 1940, the evacuation of Allied forces from Dunkirk on the Belgian coast ends as the Germans catch the port
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Hitler used the SS to murder the SA
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Nazi party deprives Jews, Hitler used the SS to kill the SA
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Jesse Owens won his 4th gol medal
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The Soviet Union declares war upon Japan with a million soldiers into Manchuria
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Hitler seeks to regain lost territory and rule Poland. He intended to use the blitzkrieg strategy
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German and British air forces start to battle over the UK
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The British prime minister, Winston Churchill tried to convince France not to sue for peace
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Germans raid in Boston Bombings. British military use the nickname "Cromwell"
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Hundreds of Japanese fighter jets attacked American naval base near Hawaii
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75,000 Filipino and american troops were forced to make a 65 mile march to prison camps
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The Battle of Midway happened 6 months after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The United States defeated japan in one of the most conclusive naval bases of WWII
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A successful defense of the city of Stalingrad in the U.S.S.R. during WWII
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Germany invaded northwestern France , May 1940. The Germans didn’t know exactly where they’d strike
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In 1944, Hitler tried to split allied armies in Europe by surprise of a blitzkrieg
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Troops fought from an elaborate network of caves, tunnels and dugout
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The soviets would lose 600 more soldiers before they surrendered to anyone
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This bombing wiped out 90% of the city and killed 80,000 people. Radiation killed tens of thousands of people later.
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On this day another bomb was dropped on Japan by the U.S. leading to Japan finally surrendering
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August 14 and August 15 is known as ‘Victoryover Japan Day’