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1939 |
Germany invades Poland |
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1940 |
Germany overruns much of Europe The Battle of Britain saves England from invasion. |
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1941 |
Germany invades the Soviet Union Japan attacks Pearl Harbor. The US enters the war |
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1942 |
Germany suffers a major defeat at Stalingrad in the Soviet Union Germany is defeated at El Alamein in Egypt Japan loses the Battle of Midway in the Pacific |
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1943 |
The Allies take Sicily and Italy |
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1944 |
D-Day- The Allies land at Normandy in France Hitler loses the Battle of the Bulge |
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1945 |
Germany surrenders Us troops win hard fought battles at Iwo Jima and Okinawa Atomic bomb is used against Japan Japan surrenders; World War II ends |