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1 month after the Allies take control of Sicily, Italy surrenders -
The Allies make their invasion of a German occupied beach in Normandy, France.
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The bloodiest battle in all of WW2 begins
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Allied powers victorious from unconditional German surrender and the end of fighting in Europe
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Truman orders the first ever use of an atomic bomb on innocent civilians
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After the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan finally surrenders unconditonally, and on Sept. 2 of that year, MacArthur accepts their surrender.
