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: Germany and the Soviet Union sign the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact.
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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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Auschwitz is established.
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Germany invades France, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
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: Evacuation begins of Allied troops from Dunkirk, France.
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Italy declares war on France and Great Britain.
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France surrenders to Germany.
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The United States begins its first peacetime draft.
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Germany invades the Soviet Union
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The Japanese launch a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
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Germany and Italy declare war on the United States; then the United States declares war on Germany and Italy.
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Roosevelt issues Executive Order 9066, which allows the internment of Japanese Americans.
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The Doolittle Raid on Japan
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The Battle of Midway begins.
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The Allies invade North Africa (Operation Torch).
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Casablanca Conference begins.
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The Germans surrender at Stalingrad, Soviet Union.
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The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins.
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Mussolini resigns.
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Italy surrenders.
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Tehran Conference begins.
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After 900 days, the Siege of Leningrad is finally over.
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D-Day landings begin
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Battle of the Philippine Sea begins
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Assassination attempt against Adolf Hitler fails.
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the Allies liberate pairs.
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Battle of Leyte Gulf begins.
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Battle of the Bulge begins.
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: Yalta Conference begins.
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Allies begin bombing Dresden.
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Battle of Iwo Jima begins.
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Battle of Okinawa.
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us president Franklin D. Roosevelt dies.
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Battle of Berlin begins.
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Mussolini is hanged by Italian partisans.
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Adolf Hitler commits suicide.
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Germany signs an unconditional surrender. with us and allied forces
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Potsdam Conference begins.
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The United States drops the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.
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The United States drops a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan.
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following the signing of the surrender documents by the Japanese emperor ww2 ends
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Held between 20 November 1945 and 1 October 1946
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convened on April 29, 1946 and adjourned November 12, 1948