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Japan invades china starting ww2 in the pacific
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Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France sign the Munich agreement which forces the Czechoslovak Republic to cede the Sudetenland, including the key Czechoslovak military defense positions, to Nazi Germany.
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Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign a nonaggression agreement and a secret codicil dividing eastern Europe into spheres of influence.
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Germany invades poland staring world war 2 in Europe After Greta Britain and France declares war on Germany
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italy joins in the war and invades southern france
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Italy, Germany, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact.
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Slovakia, Romania, and Hungary joins the Axis around this time
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Nazi Germany and its Axis partners (except Bulgaria) invade the Soviet Union. Finland, seeking redress for the territorial losses in the armistice concluding the Winter War, joins the Axis just before the invasion. The Germans quickly overrun the Baltic States and, joined by the Finns, lay siege to Leningrad (St. Petersburg) by September. In the center, the Germans capture Smolensk in early August and drive on Moscow by October. In the south, German and Romanian troops capture Kiev (Kyiv) in Sep
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japan bombs Pearl Harbor
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USA joins the World War 2 and declares war against Japan
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The Germans launch a massive tank offensive near Kursk in the Soviet Union. The Soviets blunt the attack within a week and begin an offensive initiative of their own.
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The Soviets launch their final offensive, encircling Berlin.
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from this date to the next event Hitler commits suicide letting germany surrender to the western allies and the soviets
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in return for pearl habor, us bombs hiroshima and nagasaki
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Having agreed in principle to unconditional surrender on August 14, 1945, Japan formally surrenders, ending World War II. all inormation here is from http://www.ushmm.org/
