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Italy Enters the war. Italy invades southern France on June 21
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British and US navies halt the Japanese naval advance in the central Pacific at Midway
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British and US defeat the Germans and Italians at El Alamein in Egypt, sending the Axis forces in Chaotic retreat across Librya to the eastern border of Tunisia
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Axis forces in Tunisia surrender the Allies, ending the North African campaign.
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Allies troops land on the beaches od Salerno near Naples.
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Having agreed in principle to unconditional surrender on August 14, 1945, Japan formally surrenders, ending WW2