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  • Japan invades China, initiating World War II in the Pacific.

    Japan invades China, initiating World War II in the Pacific.

  • Nazis invade Poland, initiating World War II in Europe.

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  • Battle Of Britain

    Battle Of Britain

    25% of the pilots in the RAF were Canadians. They defeated the German Airforce allowing the Allies to defeat the Axis Powers by 1945. PM Churchill said "Never was so much owed by so many to so few". 3000 Nazi planes were shot down, so Germany could not invade Britain.

  • Nazi Germany and its Axis partners (except Bulgaria) invade

  • Japan bombs Pearl Harbor

  • British and US troops successfully land on the Normandy beaches of France

  • Germany surrenders to the Soviets

  • Japan formally surrenders, ending World War II