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World War II began.
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France and Great Britain declare war on Germany.
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Germany invades and takes control of Denmark and Norway.
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Winston Churchhill becomes leader of the British government.
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Italy enters the war as a member of Axis powers.
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Germany launches an air attack on Great Britain. These attacks last until October and are known as the Battle of Britain
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Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact creating the Axis Alliance.
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Japanese attack the US Navy in Pearl Harbor. Next day the US enters WWII on the side of the Allies.
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US Navy defeats the Japanese Navy at the Battle of Midway.
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Allies invade and take island of Sicily.
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Italy surrenders to the Allies, however Germany helps Mussolini to escape and set up a government in northern Italy.
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D-Day and the Normandy invasion. Allied forces invade France and push back the Germans.
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Paris is liberated from German control.
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Germans launch attack in the Battle of Bulge. They lose to the allies sealing the fate of the German army.
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US Marines invade the island of Iwo Jima. After fierce battle they capture the island.
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The US Third Army General Patton crosses the Rhine River.
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US president Franklin Roosevelt dies. He's succeeded by President Harry Truman.
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Adolf Hitler commits suicide as he knows Germany has lost the war.
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Germany surrenders to the Allies.
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United States drops Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.
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Another atomic bomb is dropped at Nagasaki, Japan.
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Japan surrenders to US General Douglass MacArthur and the Allies. World War II ends.
