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Germany invaded Poland
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The Polish government flees into exile via Romania. Germany and the Soviet Union divide Poland up between them.
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This is the so-called Winter War
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Denmark surrendered the day of attack and Norway held out.
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Italy invades southern France
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Battle of Britain ended in defeat for Nazi Germany
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Slovakia (Nov 23), Hungary (Nov 20), and Romania (Nov 22) joined the Axis
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Germans sent the Afrika Korps to North Africa to reinforce the faltering Italians.
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Bulgaria joins the Axis.
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The leaders of the terrorist Ustasa movement proclaim the so-called Independent State of Croatia.
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Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
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Japanese troops capture Manila
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Congress appropriates 26.5 billion dollars for the U.S. Navy
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The Philippines fall to Japanese troops
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President Roosevelt authorizes the creation of the U.S. Office on War Information.
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The Women Accepted For Voluntary Emergency Services is authorized by theU.S. Congress
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In the U.S. , coffee joins the list of rationed items
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President Roosevelt submits his budget to the U.S. Congress. 100 billion dollar budget is identified with the war effort
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An invasion of Sicily begins by British Paratroopers and American troops
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In the U.S., meat rationing ends, except for certain select cuts
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An assassination attempt on Adolph Hitler, planed by some of Hitler's generals
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Paris is liberated by Allied French troops, after four years of German occupation.
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The U.S. troops captured Nuremberg
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THE END OF THE WAR!!!!