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Period: to
World War II
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Germany and Soviet Union sign non-agression agreement
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Germany invades Poland
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Italy enters war
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Italians invade Egypt from Libya
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Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact
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Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
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U.S. enters war
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Axis forces in Tunisia surrender; North African campaign ends
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The Fascist Grand Council deposes Benito Mussolini
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Mussolini freed from imprisonment
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Germans occupy Hungary
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D-Day: U.S. invades France
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U.S. troops land in Philipines
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Battle of the Bulge
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U.S crossing of the Rhine River
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Soviets launch final offensive around Berlin
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Hitler commits suicide
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Victory in Europe Day
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Germany surrenders
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Japan surrenders
