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The German battleship Bismarck is first launched.
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The European Theatre of World War II was a huge area of heavy fighting across Europe from Germany's invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939
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Belgian troops at the southwest border and in the Ardennes area are forbidden to fire on French or English troops.
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This Selective Service Act required that men between the ages of 21 and 35 register with local draft boards.
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Japanese shocked the world by bombing the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
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President Roosevelt called on Congress for immediate and massive expansion of the armed forces.
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50 bombers mount the first all American air raid against Germany.
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The Invasion of Normandy was the invasion and establishment of Allied forces in Normandy, France, during Operation Overlord in 1944 during World War II.
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Chinese troops flee to Taiwan, looting as they depart, leaving the war in Vietnam to continue with the conflict between the French and the Viet Minh. As World War II ends, starvation kills over 2 million Vietnames
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Two hours before his scheduled execution, Hermann Göring committed suicide
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U.S. Signs Peace treaties with Italy, Bulgaria, Finland, Hungary, and Romania.
