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Germany invaded Poland and defeated the Polish army within weeks of the invasion.
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Air campaign waged on Britain by the Germans.
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President FDR signs lend-lease act allowing us to aid Britain with supplies regaurdless of cost.
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Largest German military operation in WWII.
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Secret meeting on the Atlantic ocean between Roosevelt and Churchill to share their goals.
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Japan carries out an air strike attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii in attempt to hinder US troops. 2,400 casualities.
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Jewish family goes into hiding to avoid being arrested by German forces.
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Allied troops invade North Africa.
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Italian leader Benito Mussolini resigns.
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Country of Italy surrenders in WWII.
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US President FDR passes away.
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German Nazi party leader, Adolf Hitler commits suicide.
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Allied troops of 160,000 stormed the beaches of Normandy to fight the Germans.
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Anne Frank and her family are given up and discovered by the Germans, arrested , split up and shipped to concentration camps.
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Major German offensive campaign launched through the Ardennes forest.
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Germany signs an unconditional surrender at Allied headquarters.
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The war ended in Europe with vctories over the Nazis.
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The US drops the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.
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The US drops the second atomic bomb on Nagaski, Japan.
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Japan formally surrenders to the Allies aboard the USS Missouri in Toyko Bay, bringing an end to WWII.
