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The Peace conference in Versailles after the World War I forced Germany to accept humiliating conditions of peace.
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Germany invades Poland, inciting Poland’s allies Britain and France to declare war on Germany.
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Nazis occupied Paris
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Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, starting war with the US. Sensing weakness, Hitler declares war on America 4 days later.
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Stalingrad was the turning point of the war in Europe. It ended any realistic plans of Hitler dominating Europe. Soviet troops forced Nazi armies to retreat toward Germany
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Mussolini was defeated and forced to resigned and arrested
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The D-Day invasion was officially called Operation Overlord and involved landing 21 American divisions and 26 Polish, British, and Canadian divisions on a 50-mile stretch of beaches in Normandy, France. The Allies created a fake army of wood and cardboard tanks and ships to convince the Germans that the invasion would come to Calais and not in Normandy.
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Hitler commited suicide
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Having agreed in principle to unconditional surrender, Japan formally surrenders, bringing the end of the war.