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Joint attack of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union to invade Poland; it marked the start of WWII.
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Affirmation of the sense of solidarity between the USA and Great Britain against Axis agression.
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After Prime Minister Teleki committed suicide. The country joined the invasion of Yugoslavia. Bácska and Muraköz areas were reoccupied.
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After the bombing of Kassa.
Later Great Britain and the USA declared war on Hungary; huge amount of people died at the front (Don Disaster). -
Japan attacked the American Navy's base at Pearl Harbour in Hawaii.
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Most of Europe (excluding the Iberian Peninsula), parts of Northern Africa, Western territories of the USSR under Nazi control.
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Turning point. German forces didn't manage to break through the Soviet defense. Red army liberated most of the country by the summer of 1944
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German occupation of Hungary after Prime Minister Kállay tried to stand on the Allies' side.
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New front opened by Allied Powers in Normandy. Germany had to fight on 2 fronts (failure).
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After Regent Horthy had been blackmailed, Szálasi was appointed as Prime Minister. The country turned into a battlefield (e.g. Anglo-American bombings of the capital).
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Prime ministers Truman, Attle and Stalin decided on the future of Germany (4 occupation zones) and on the punishment of Nazi war criminals.
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President Truman wanted to avoid further bloodshed and end the war.
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Japan (Hirohito) capitulated on the 2nd of September after Hiroshima and Nagasaki.