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Germany engages in territorial aggression with various countries
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Germany invades Poland. World War II begins.
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France and Great Britain declare war on Germany.
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The Japanese attack the US Navy in Pearl Harbor. The next day the US enters World War II on the side of the Allies.
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D-day and the Normandy invasion. Allied forces invade France and push back the Germans.
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The Germans launch a large attack in the Battle of the Bulge. They lose to the Allies sealing the fate of the German army.
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Japan surrenders to US General Douglass MacArthur and the Allies.
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VE Day- Germany surrenders to the Allies.
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Two atomic bombs dropped by the US on 2 cities in Japan