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Japan and China are officially at war.
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On this day, Adolf Hitler announces a union between Germany and Austria, in fact annexing the smaller nation into a greater Germany.
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Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France sign the Munich agreement which forces the Czechoslovak Republic to cede the Sudetenland, including the key Czechoslovak military defense positions, to Nazi Germany.
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WWII in Europe begins.
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France and Britan declare war on Germany because they declared war on the US.
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Germany invades and takes control of Denmark and Norway. These countries were totally destroyed.
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Blitzkrieg is also known aslightning war, Germnay used this to take over much of western Europe including the Netherlands, Belgium, and northern France.
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Winston Chirchill becomes leader of Britian during WWII.
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Italy joins the war by becoming a member of the Axis powers.
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Germany launches an air attack on Great Britain. These attacks last until the end of October and are known as the Battle of Britain.
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Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact creating the Axis Alliance.
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Germany, Italy, and Japan attack Russia with a huge force of over 4 million troops.
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The Japanese attack the US Navy in Pearl Harbor. The next day the US entered World War II on the side of the Allies.
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The US Navy defeats the Japanese navy at the Battle of Midway.
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The United States and Great Britain, the leading Allied powers, looked ahead to the invasion of occupied Europe and the final defeat of Nazi Germany.
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Italy surrenders to the Allies, however Germany helps Mussolini to escape and set up a government in Northern Italy.
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D-Day and the Normandy invasion. Allied forces invade France and push back the Germans.
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Paris is liberated from German control.
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The Germans launch a large attack in the Battle of the Bulge. They lose to the Allies sealing the fate of the German army.
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US Marines invade the island of Iwo Jima. After a fierce battle they capture the island.
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US President Franklin Roosevelt dies. He is succeeded by President Harry Truman.
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Adolf Hitler commits suicide as he knows Germany has lost the war.
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Germany has surrendered and the allied are now focusing on the pacific theatre.
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The United States drops the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. The city is devastated.
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Another atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.
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Japan surrenders to US General Douglass MacArthur and the Allies.
