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World War II starts when Germany invades Poland
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Britain and France declare war on Germany.
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Hitler takes Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Holland, and Luxembourg.
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Hitler defeats French forces
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The Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies was founded.
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Italy attacks France
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France surrenders to Germany
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The America First Committee is formed.
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Japan joins the Axis powers
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The Allied powers capture Naples
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Germany invades the Soviet Union, which violates the Nonaggression Pact
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The Japanese attack Pearl Harbor. About 2,400 people died.
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Germany and Italy declare war on the US
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The US and Britain attack Germany’s African troops on the Mediterranean. This is called the North African Theatre
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Winston Churchhill and Franklin Roosevelt devise a plan to attack. This meeting took place in Casablanca, North Africa
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Germany surrenders at Stalingrad
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Italy surrenders to the Allied powers
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About 3 million Allied soldiers arrive at France. This is called D-Day.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt dies from a hemorrhage
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Mussolini dies from murder by Italian insurgents.
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Hitler commits suicide
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Germany Surrenders unconditionally.
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The US bombs Hiroshima with the first atomic bomb to be used in war.
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Another atomic bomb is dropped in Nagasaki.
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World War II Ends
