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Germany invades Poland, World War 2 begins.
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Britain and France declare war on Germany.
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The US remains neutral
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Russia invades Poland
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Russia invades Finland
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Germany invades Denmark and Norway.
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Germany invades France, Holland, Belgium, Luxemburg.
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Miracle of Dunkirk
It lasted until june 4, were British and French forces at Dunkirk resist German Attack -
Italy declares war on the collapsing France and on Britain.
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German soldiers march into Paris
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Russia invades Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia.
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Russia annexes the eastern regions of Romania.
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Germany invades the British Channel islands.
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Operation Sea Lion
German invasion of Britain air campaign begins. -
Japan joins The Axis
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Spain remains neutral
It rejects Hitler's offer to join the war. -
Italy invades Greece from Albania
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Hungary and Romania, join The Axis.
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British forces in Egypt counter attack the Italians
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Rommel is send to Africa
Hitler sends General Rommel and the Afrika Korps to help the Italians in North Africa. -
Bulgaria joins The Axis.
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Germany invades Yugoslavia and Greece
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Japan and Russia sign non-aggression pact.
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German troops occupy Athens
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Germany invades Crete by air.
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British invade French
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Operation Barbarossa:
German invasion of Russia. Hitler orders "maximum cruelty" against civilians, Russian resist -
Japan invades French Indo-China (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia)
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Hitler's greatest mistake
Troops advance to take Moscow from north and south. The German Generals argue in vain against it. -
The NAZIs prepare "the final solution":
the plan to murder the millions of European jews. -
Russians defeated Germans
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Japan attacks Pearl Harbor and the Phillipines.
U.S. joins the war. -
Germany and Italy declare war on the US.
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Japanese forces occupy Manila, Indonesia, Malasya and Burma
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German U-boats begin to sink American ships.
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Rommel begins another offensive in North Africa
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Japanese forces invade the Solomon islands
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US troops arrive in Britain
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Poison gas begins to be used in Nazi death camps.
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U.S. bombers bomb Tokyo.
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The battle of Midway.
Most of Japan's naval superiority is lost. -
The Germans head to Stalingrad (RUSSIA).
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The 2nd battle of El Alamein (Egypt) in North Africa begins.
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Allied forces land in western North Africa.
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Germany failure in Stalingrad
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Australian and U.S. Army forces under MacArthur
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The Casablanca Conference
U.S. and Britain President Roosevelt and Prime minister Winston Churchill agree that Germany must surrender unconditionally. They also plan the Allied invasion of Sicily (Italy) -
German troops at Stalingrad surrender to the Soviets
A significant turning point in the war against Germany. -
Axis forces in North Africa surrender.
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Allied troops land in Sicily, Italy (Operation Husky)
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The Allies begin bombing Hamburg (Germany)
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Benito Mussolini's fascist government is overthrown.
The new Italian government tries to make peace. -
U.S. troops retake Kiska island in the Aleutians.
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Operation Husky, the Allied invasion of Sicily, ends successfully.
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British troops land on Italy, beginning the Allied campaign
American troops do the same. The new Italian government officially surrenders. -
German troops occupy Rome
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Mussolini: head of a new fascist Italian Government
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The new government of Italy declares war on German
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The Teheran Conference
Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin meet together for the first time. -
The Teheran Conference
the U.S., Britain, and the USSR . The leaders Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin agree that the Western Allies would invade France in June 1944 and that when it began the USSR would attack from East. -
The German siege of Leningrad
That began in September 1941 finally ends. -
The Allies begin massive bombing campaign of Germany
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The USSR bombs Stockholm, Sweden
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German troops occupy Hungary.
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German troops surrender in the Crimea.
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The Allies capture Rome
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Germany launches the first V-1 flying-bomb on Britain
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U.S. troops make an amphibious assault on the Japanese -held island of Saipan in the Marianas.
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The U.S. defeat the Japanese he Battle of the Philippine Sea.
This ocurred in a massive air battle known as the Battle of the Philippine Sea. -
U.S. troops make an amphibious assault on the Japanese -held island of Tinian in the Marianas.
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The Allies liberate Florence (Italy).
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U.S. troops complete the recapture of Guam.
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The Allies landing in the South of France, beginning Operation Anvil
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The USSR invades German-occupied Romania.
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Romania surrenders.
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The Allies liberate Paris
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The Allies liberate Pisa (Italy)
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The Allies liberate Brussels and Antwerp
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The USSR invades Bulgaria.
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Bulgaria makes peace with the USSR
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The Allies enter Germany.
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The USSR occupies Estonia.
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Soviet troops enter Yugoslavia
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The Allies enter Greece
German troops withdraw from there. -
The Allies liberate Athens
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Soviets troops enter East Prussia.
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The U.S. Navy defeats the Japanese
The Japanese Navy was now virtually powerless. -
Axis forces in Greece surrender
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U.S. B-29 bombers begin the massive bombing campaign against mainland Japan
In Europe, the Allies capture Strasbourg. -
The Allies capture Albania.
