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The War began
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Hitler invaded Norway and Denmark
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Sudden German attack on Holland and Belgium, while German tank corps were heading for Paris
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Japan overran Hong Kong and Burma and began to threaten Singapore and India
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Battle of Britain
The battle saw English and German bombers fighting in then skies over Sussex and Kent. The battle was won by Britain -
Operation Barbarossa
Hitler decided to declare war on the Soviet Union to get the oilfields in the Caucasus -
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor
President Roosevelt declared war on Japan, Germany declared war on America. -
Battle of Midway Island
US fleet sank four Japanese aircraft carriers -
General Montgomery defeated Rommel at El-Alamein
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The Allies landed in Sicily
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Germany's defeat in the Battle of Stalingrad
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The Allies entered Rome and decided to open a western front in France
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D-Day
the greatest amphibious force in history arrived on the beaches of Normandy -
The end of the war and the beginning of a new age
there was the explosion of two atomic bombs on the Japanese towns of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6th and 9th August. -
Yalta Conference
US President, British Prime Minister, Soviet Premier made important decisions about the future progress of the war and the post-war world. -
Hitler's suicide
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Fall of Berlin
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The end of the war in Europe