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1939
Germany invades Poland starting WWII -
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1939
France and Great Britian declare war on Germany. -
Apri-June 1940
Germany invades and takes control of Denmark and Norway. -
May-June 1940
Germany takes over much of western Europe including the Netherlands, Belgium, and northern France. -
June 1940
Italy enters the war as a member of the Axis powers. -
September 1940
Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact creating the Axis Alliance. -
June 1941
Germany and the Axis Powers attack Russia with over four million troops. -
July 1941
The Allies invade and take the island of Sicily. -
December 7, 1941
The Japanese bomb the US Navy in Pearl Harbor. The next day the US enters World War II on the side of the Allies. -
September 1943
Italy surrenders to the Allies, however Germany helps Mussolini to escape and set up a government in Northern Italy. -
June 6, 1944
D-day and the Normandy invasion. Allied forces invade France and push back the Germans. -
August 1944
Paris is liberated from German control. -
December 16, 1944
The Germans launch a large attack in the Battle of the Bulge. They lose to the Allies sealing the fate of the German army. -
February 1945
US Marines invade the island of Iwo Jima. After a fierce battle they capture the island. -
April 1945
US President Franklin Roosevelt dies. He is succeeded by President Harry Truman. -
April 1945
Adolf Hitler commits suicide as he knows Germany has lost the war. -
May 1945
Germany surrenders to the Allies. -
August 1945
The United States drops the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. The city is devastated. -
August 9 1945
Another atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.
