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Germany invades Poland.
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France and Great Britain declare war on Germany for invadig Poland.
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Germany occupies the Netherlands, Belgium, and parts of France
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Italy invades the south of France.
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Nazi Germany, Italy and Hungary invade the Soviet Union.
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Soviet troops are able to drive German troops out of Moscow in a full retreat.
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Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, a US Naval base in Hawaii.
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The US declares war on Japan and enters WWII.
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Germany attacks one more time in an effort to reconquer Belgium. However it was unsucessful and they retreat.
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The Soviet troops reach Berlin.
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Hitler commits suicide.
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Germany surrenders to the Allied troops.
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The US drops the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.
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The US drops the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan.
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Japan surrenders, ending World War II.