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Germany and Soviet leaders sign a pact to essentially not attack each other.
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Germany invades Poland to mark the start of the second World.
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The Germans begin to bomb Polish defenses.
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Britain declares war on Germany.
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German ground forces arrive at warsaw.
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The Axis Powers conquer Denmark and Norway.
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Germany overruns countries of low defense.
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Germany invades Belgium, France, Luxenberg, and the Netherlands. Winston Churchill becomes prime minister of the United Kingdom due to the resignation of Nevil Chamberlin.
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Italy declares war on France and also the United Kingdom.
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France surrenders to Germany. In Operation Ariel, 191,870 troops are escaped from France.
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Japan signs tri-partite pact to become allied with German, along with the Soviets.
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Germany's Jews are rquired to wear yellow stars for identification purposes.
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President Roosevelt signs the Lend Lease Act.
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Japan launches an attack on Pearl Harbor.
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German and Italy declare war on the U.S. and the U.S. retaliates by declaring war on them as well.
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Hitler becomes supreme commander of the German Army.
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26 allied countries sign the Declaration by United Nations during the Arcadia Conference.
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The Manhattan project is beginning to take effect.
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After success throughout Europe, in the Balkans, and on Crete, Hitler turned his attention to the invasion of the Soviets.
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The first battle emerges.
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Germamns shelled and attacked the city of Stalingrad.
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The amount of bombs dropped on Germany was doubled. This type of civilian bombing increased te concept of total war
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90,000 German troops surrender to the USSR due to the battle of Stalingrad. Over 2 million Russian soldiers died throughout the battle
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The liberation of Stalingrad is officially over.
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Any British convoys running to Russia are postponed as supplies are funneled to other areas of the Atlantic.
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Allied aircrafts are fitted with U-boat detecting radar systems.
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The U.S. begin bombing 24/7. The bombing essentiaally never stopped.
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Thousands of British bombers dropped 5,000 tons of bombs on German forces in Normandy.
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Allied forces invade north France by means of beach landings in Normandy. Despite German resistance, 2,000,000 allied forces soldiers ocuppied Normandy beach.
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With Germany on the decline, Polish leaders wanted to liberate Warsaw.
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Germany surrenders unconditionally to the allies.
