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Germany invades Poland, starting World War II
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Britain and France declare war on Germany
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Germany invades France, Belgium, and the Netherlands
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Italy declares war on France and Great Britain
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France surrenders to Germany
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Battle of Britain begins
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United States begins its first peacetime draft
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Germany invades the Soviet Union
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Japanese launch a sneak attack on Pear Harbor
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Germany and Italy declare war on United States
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The Wannssee Conference takes place
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Anne Frank and her family go into hiding
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Battle of Stalingrad begins
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Allies invade North Africa
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Germans surrender at Stalingrad, Soviet Union
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Mussolini resigns
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Italy surrenders
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D-Day
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Assasination attempt against Hitler fails
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Anne Frank and her family are found
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Adolf Hitler commits suicide
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The United states drop the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan
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World War 2 ended