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Germany invades Poland because of an agreement the had with Russia.
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France and Great Britain declare war on Germany which was called the Blitzkrieg.
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The Soviet Union invades Poland and occupy eastern Poland as well as Baltic countries.
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The Soviet Union invades Finland, initiating the so-called Winter War.
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Stalin forces Finland to accept his surrender terms.
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Yugoslavia is forced to surrender after Germany, Hungary,Italy, and Bulgaria invade and take apart the country.
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The Germans capture Smolensk, German and Romanian troops capture Kiev.
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Japan drops bombs in Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.
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British and US navies halt Japanese navy as it advanced through the central Pacific at Midway.
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Soviet troops break through Hungarian and Romanian lines and trapp the German Sixth Army in the city. The survivors of the Sixth Army surrendered.
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Axis forces in Tunisia surrender to the Allies, ending the North African campaign.
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The Fascist Grand Council deposes Benito Mussolini, Italian marshall Pietro Badoglio is enable to form a new government.
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The Badoglio government surrenders to the Allies, and the Germans immediately seize Rome and northern Italy, establishing a puppet Fascist regime under Mussolini.
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Fearing Hungary’s intention to desert the Axis partnership, the Germans occupy Hungary and compel Admiral Miklos Horthy to appoint a pro-German minister president.
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US and British troops invade Normandy to open a second front on the Germans.
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Allied forces land in southern France near Nice and advance towards the Rhine River to the northeast.
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Finland finishes an armistice with the Soviet Union, and leave the Axis partnership.
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The Soviets launch their final offensive and encircle Berlin.
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Germany surredered to the Western Allies. Germany surrendered to the soviets.
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Japan formally surrendered, ending World War II.
