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Germany invades Poland for no reason, which starts the war.
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Britain and France declare war on Germany after the Invasion of Poland because it is a breach of the Treaty of Versailles. The US tries to stay neutral.
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The Soviet Union signs a non-agression agreement with Germany and a month later invades Poland.
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Poland's insufficient military falls to the combined might of the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. The territory is split between the two conquering powers.
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Germany adds two more territories to its empire, Norway and Denmark.
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Fascist Italy enters the war with Germany and the Soviet Union.
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Germany invades Western Europe, taking Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Belgium, and finally France.
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The 3 countries, Japan, Germany, and Italy sign the Tripartite agreement, which, simply put, brings them together against the Allied Powers.
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Finland joins the Axis Powers in this invasion because it desires revenge on Russia.
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Thousands of lives are lost as Japanese Kamikazies dive bomb American Battleships.
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A few days later, the Axis Powers declare war on America.
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The US and Britain halt Japanese advance through the mid-Pacific.
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The American campaign in the Pacific Theatre begins with the Japanese defeat at Guadacanal.
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The North African Campaign ends with the surrender of the Axis Powers in Tunisia.
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Called D-Day, this was the largest Allied offensive on German territories so far in the war.
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Nazi forces make one last desparate push to recapture Belgium, but are in full retreat within a fortnight.
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Two days after the German suurender to America and Britain, Germany surrenders to the Soviet Union.
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The Atomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki respectively.
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