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Poland gets invaded
Germany invades Poland -
Germany conquers countries
Germany conquers Netherlands, Belgium, and France -
Japan joins Axis alliance
Japan joins Axis alliance with Germany and Italy -
Battle of Britain
Ends with Hitler's forces dismissal -
US is "arsenal of democracy"
President Roosevelt declares the United States an "arsenal of democracy" -
Lend-lease program established
Congress establishes the lend-lease program to deliver arms to Great Britain on credit -
New Japanese prime minister
General Hideki Tojo becomes Japanese prime minister -
Four Freedoms speech
Roosevelt delivers the Four Freedoms speech about the future of the world -
Invasion of Soviet Union
Germany begins it's invasion of the Soviet Union -
Perl Harbor
Japanese bomb U.S. navy's pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii -
Beginning of Holocost
Hitler and Nazis formalize plans for exterminating Europe's Jews -
Battle of Midway
Americans destroy four Japanese aircraft carriers in the Battle of Midway -
Battle of Guadalcanal
Americans win Battle of Guadalcanal -
Battle of Stalingrad
Soviet Union defeats the Germans in the Battle of Stalingrad -
Sicily gets invaded
Allies invade Sicily, Italy -
French Invasion
Allies launch an invasion of France -
Hitler Dies
Adolf Hitler commits suicide in Berlin -
Japanese Surrender
After the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese surrender