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Hitler is announced as Time Magazine's Man of the Year, 1938.
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German forces invade Poland innitiating WWII in Europe.
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Britain and Fracne declare war on Germany honoring the support for Poland
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Japan fighter planes attack an American Naval Base in Hawaii killing 2,335 U.S. servicemen and 68 civilians. This attack also destoyed U.S. aircrafts and naval vessels.
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Japan's alliances, Germany and Italy, declare war on the U.S. The United States then declared war on Geramny, Italy, and Japan.
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The Italian government officialy surrenders to the Allies. German forces still occupy most of Italy.
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The Allies invade Western Europe on the beaches of Normandy, France in the largest amphibious attack in history.
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Adolf Hitler commits suicide in his underground bunker located in Berlin.
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The German army signs an unconditional surrender.
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The U.S. drops the first ever atomic bomb in war on a Japanese city named Hiroshima.
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The U.S. drops the second atomic bomb on Japan in Nagasaki
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Japan conducts a formal surrender ceremony in Tokoyo Bay on a U.S. battleship called Missouri.
