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On 8 January 1940, bacon, butter and sugar were rationed. This was followed by successive ration schemes for meat, tea, jam, biscuits, breakfast cereals, cheese, eggs, lard, milk and canned and dried fruit.
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Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, and the US enters the war.
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American naval victory at Battle of Midway, in June, marks turning point in Pacific War.
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Italy surrenders, but Germany takes over the battle.
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D-Day: The Allied invasion of France. Paris is liberated in August.
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After atomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan surrenders.t.
