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Period: to
WWII Timeline
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1939 Germany Invades Poland
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Canada declares war on Germany
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Russia invades Poland
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Finland signs peace treaty with Russia
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Winston Churchill becomes prime minister
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Battle of Dunkirk
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Italy declares war on Britain and France
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Germany marches into Paris
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France signs armistice with Germany
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Germany invades Yugoslavia and Greece
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Germany invades Russia (Operation Barbarossa)
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Germany attacks Moscow
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Japan attacks Pearl Harbor/ Japanese declare war on US
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Germany declares was on US
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Battle of Midway
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Battle of El Alamein
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Germany surrenders in Stalingrad
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Axis powers surrender in N. Africa
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Mussolini is overthrown
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Italy signs armistice
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D-Day/ Invasion of Normandy
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Allies free Paris from Axis control
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Battle of Iwo Jima
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FDR dies, and Truman is put into office
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Russia enters Berlin
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Hitler dies (suicide)
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V-E Day (Victory in Europe)
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US drop bomb on Hiroshima
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US drop bomb on Nagasaki
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Surrender of Japan
