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Hitler and Mussoline form the Axis powers
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World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although related conflicts began earlier. The vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—eventually formed two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis.
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Synagogues and Jewish shops are destroyed by Nazist mobs in Germany
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Germany invades and annexes Austria
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Hitler invades Poland.
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Italy declares war on France and Britain and invades France
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Japanese attack Pearl Harbor. U.S. declares war on Axis powers
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U.S. and Britain land in French North Africa.
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German 6th Army surrenders at Stalingrad, the turning point of war in Russia.
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D-Day-Allies invade Normandy. Germany launches counteroffensive in Belgium-Battle of the Bulge.
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A-bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Japan surrenders V-J Day.
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Yalta Conference, Mussolini killed. Hitler commits suicide. Berlin falls. Germany signs unconditional surrender.
