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The war started the day Germany invated Poland. The air strikes in Poland lasted about a week.
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The Soviet Union invades Poland from the east
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Italy enters the war. Italy invades southern France on June 21.
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Japan bombs Pearl Harbor.
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The United States declares war on Japan, entering World War II. Japanese troops land in the Philippines, French Indochia and British Singapore.
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Nazi Germany and its Axis partners declare war on the United States.
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US and British troops land on Sicily. By mid-August, the Allies control Sicily.
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US troops halt the Japanese island-hopping advance towards Australia at Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.
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British and US troops successfully land on the Normandy beaches of France, opening a “Second Front” against the Germans.
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Hitler commits suicide
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Germany surrenders to the wwestern allies and then the Soviets.
