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This officially starts the war. Hitler used Blitz Krieg.
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Angered by the invasion of Poland, they declare war.
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France surrenders to the Nazis of Germany
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Roosevelt gives the go to begin the creation of an atomic bomb
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The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor in Hawaii early on that morning and US enters the war.
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Allies defeat Japanese and stop their advance in the pacific. Major turning point in the Pacific part of the war
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Allies determined they would invade through france starting in the spring. Agreed to partition Germany after war
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Allies launch an amphibious invasion of Normandy, France and Germany begins retreat
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German offensive campaign, they fail and the allies defeat them
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Stalin, Churchill, and FDR talked about the end of the war terms. They created the Unitd Nations and divided Germany into militarized zones
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Hitler, leader of Germany, commits suicide.
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Germany surrenders unconditionally to allies
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First atomic bombed dropped on Hiroshima, Japan
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Second atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki, Japan
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Japan surrenders to allies after bombs