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Despite the assurances given by Hitler in the Treaty of Munich (Sept 1938), he marched into Czechoslovakia and occupied the country.
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The Germans invaded Poland, and this was the act that started WWII.
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Referred to as the "Phoney War" because Britain saw no military action.
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The British commander-in-chief, General Gort, had been forced to retreat to the coast at Dunkirk.
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The start of the Battle of Britain
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Germany Invades the Soviet Union. This is a battle between the Axis and the Allied Powers.
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Japanese planes attacked the US Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. More than 2,300 people were killed.
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The United States declares war on Germany, Italy, and Japan.
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Nazi Germany declares war on the United States.
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The Normandy Landings were the landing operations of the Allied invasions of Normandy during WWII.
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There was a Death March of nearly 60,000 prisoners from the Auschwitz camp system in southern Poland.
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Mussolini was captured and executed by Italian Partisans.
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Adolf Hitler commits suicide in Berlin.
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Germany signs a surrender from WWII.
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Germany surrenders to the western Allies.
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Both the United States and Great Britain celebrate victory during WWII.
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The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
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The United States drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki.
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The Japanese unconditionally surrendered to the allies ending the second world war.
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When the Japanese Empire surrendered, WWII came to a stop.
