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This marks the beginning of WWII.
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Germany invades the Soviet Union violating the Nonaggression Pact. U.S. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson estimates that it will take Hitler less than three months to conquer the Soviet Union.
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n a British battleship, President Franklin D. Roosevelt meets with the Prime Minister of Great Britain, Winston Churchill. The two leaders write up the Atlantic Charter.
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Japanese planes attacked and bombed an American Naval base on Pearl Harbor
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Major naval battle between the Imperial Japanese Navy and naval and air forces from the United States and Australia, taking place in the Pacific
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The USA defeated the Japanese navy at the Battle of Midway. Following this victory, the US navy was able to push the Japanese back.
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The Battle of Midway was a decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II which occurred between 4 and 7 June 1942, only six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea
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he military forces of the United States and the United Kingdom launched an amphibious operation against French North Africa, in particular the French-held territories of Algeria and Morocco
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Italian Government officially surrenders to Allied Forces
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US President and leader Franklin D. Roosevelt dies in Georgia
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Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline, to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. Known as D-Day. Largest seaborne invasion
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US forces aided by Free French Division liberate Paris from Nazis
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The Battle of the Bulge was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II
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Italian insurgents capture Mussolini and murder him
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Nazi leader Adolf Hitler commits suicide in Berlin
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Known as V-E Day. This day marks the acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces.
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The United States drops an atomic bomb—the first to be used in warfare—on Hiroshima, killing 75,000.
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Russia declared war on Japan and invaded Japanese-ruled Manchuria.
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US drops second Nuclear bomb on Nagasaki, Japan
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Japan surrunders and marks the end of WWII. Also known as V-J Day.
