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Events
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Adolf Hitler commits suicide
Allied troops enter Germany
American troops land on Guadalcanal
Atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima, Japan.
Atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki, Japan
Battle of Atlantic
Battle of Britain begins
Battle of Midway
Battle of the Bulge in the Ardennes
Britain and France declare war on Germany
D-Day. The allies land in Normandy
Declaration of the United Nations
Evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk
France signs an armistice with Germany
Germans occupy Paris
Germany invades Poland
Italian surrender announced
Italy proclaims neutrality
Japan bombs Pearl Harbour
Japan declare war on USA
Japan surrenders
Liberation of Paris
Nuremberg war crimes trials begin
Operation Barbarossa begins
Sinking of the British ship Hood
Soviet troops counter-offensive at Stalingrad
Soviet troops begin offensive at Stalingrad
Soviet troops reach Berlin
Soviet Union invades Poland
The allies capture Rome.
United Nations is officially born
United States proclaims neutrality
US troops capture Gaudalcanal
VE (Victory in Europe) Day
Vichy is made the capital of France
VJ (Victory over Japan) Day
Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister
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