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Beginning of WWII in Europe
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Italy enters and invades Southern France
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Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact
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Germany and Axis powers invade the Soviet Union.
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Japan bombs the United States at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.
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The United States declares war on Japan and enters WWII. Within days Germany and the axis powers declare war on the United States.
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Allied forces land in Normandy, France
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Germany surrenders to the allied powers
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US drops and atomic bomb on Hiroshima in Japan, days later they drop their second bomb on Nagasaki
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Japan surrenders to the allied powers and ends WWII for good