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Great Britain and France declare war in Germany
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Italy enters the war, and invades France
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Nazi Germany lost to Britain in the air war also known as "The Battle of Britain". It ended on October 31, 1940
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Germany, Italy, and Japan sign in the Tripartite Act
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Japan had a sneak attack bombing on Pearl Harbor
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The United States declares war on Japan starting WWII
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Nazi, Germany, and its Axis partenrs declare war on the U.S.
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British troops defeat the Germans and Italians in Egypt sending the axis forces in chaotic retreat across Libya to the eastern border of Tunisia
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Axis forces in Tunisia surrender to the Allies, ending the North African campaign
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Adolf Hitler commits suicide.
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Allied troops liberate Rome within six weeks, Anglo-American bombs could hit targets in eastern Germany for the first time
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The Hungarian facist Arrow Cross movement carrie out a coup d'etat with Geraman support to prevent the Hungarian government from going through with negotiations for surrendering to the Soviets
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The Germans launch a final attack in the west known as the Battle of the Bulge, in attempt to reconquer Belgium and separate the Allied Forces along the German border.
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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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Japan surrenders ending WWII
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