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The Germans take over Austria
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Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of Germany
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The japanese attack China
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Poland is invaded by German and Soviet troops.
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franklin d roosevelt is re-elected as president of the United States for a thrid term.
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Japanese planes bomb the United States
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Japan takes over the Philipines
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General Montgomery leads the allies to a victory over the axis troops in North Africa.
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The Allies send invasion forces to Normanady, France. Also about 9,000 allies died.During World War II (1939-1945), the Battle of Normandy, which lasted from June 1944 to August 1944, resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s control. Codenamed Operation Overlord, the battle began on June 6, 1944, also known as D-Day, when some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Norm
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Germany surrenders (V-E Day)
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Japan surrenders (V-J Day)
