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10.000 jews deported from Vienna Allied troops are evacuated from Greece Britain and Canada declare war on Finland British and soviet troops enter Iran British and soviet troops occupy Iran British carrier HMS Ark Royal sunk British forces invades Italian Somaliland British occupy Syria British troops arrive in Greece British troops begin an offensive against Iraq. British troops capture Benghazi British troops troops captures Bagdad Bulgaria and Turkey signs non-aggression pact. Bulgaria joins the axis powers Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania declare war on USA Croatia declares war on Britain Croatia is declared independent Danish Greenland is placed under US control. Finland and Hungary declare war on Soviet Union. Finland begins offensive against Soviet Union Finnish troops capture Petrosadvosk Finnish troops recapture Viborg Führer Rudolph Hess flies to Scotland German airborne assault on Crete German attack on Moscow is abandoned German troops offensive in North Africa. German troops begin attack on Moscow German troops besiege Tobruk German troops capture Estonia German troops capture Kharkov German troops capture Kiev German troops capture Kursk German troops capture Minsk German troops capture Novogrod German troops capture Odessa German troops capture Rostov German troops capture Smolensk German troops captures Athens German troops captures Belgrade German troops captures Benghazi German troops captures Thessaloniki German troops captures Zagreb Germans cross the River Dnieper in the Ukraine Germany and Italy declare war on USA Germany bombs Moscow Germany invades Soviet Union Germany invades Yugoslavia and Greece Göring instructs for Final Solution. Guatemala and Dominican Republic declare war on Hideki Tojo made Prime Minister of Japan Italian offensive in Greece Italy and Romania declare war on Soviet Union. Japan bombs Pearl Harbour Japan declare war on USA Japan invades Phillipines Japan invades Siam and Malaysia Japanese troops capture Hong Kong Japanese troops capture Kuala Lumpur Japanese troops occupy French Indo-China Lend-Lease act is expanded to include the Soviet Nazi SS Einsatzgruppen begin mass murder Nazis murder 33,771 Jews at Kiev Nazis order Jews to wear yellow stars New Zealand, South Africa declare war on Japan. Operation Barbarossa begins Pro-german regime in Yugoslavia is toppled Pro-german takes power in Iraq. Roosevelt and Churchill sign Atlantic Charter Sinking of the British ship Hood Soviet and Japan sign non-aggression pact. Soviet counter-offensive at Moscow Soviet Union bombs Finland Soviet Union moves government to Kuibyshev Stalin calls for scorched earth policy The allies capture Addis Abeda The allies captures Benghazi, Libya The allies captures Mogadishu The allies captures Tobruk, Libya The allies declare war on Japan The allies enter Libya The british forces on Crete surrenders The first gassing of jews The german battleship Bismark is sunk The german siege of Leningrad begins The italian forces in east Africa surrenders The Lend-Lease act is implemented Yugoslavia joins the axis powers Yugoslavia surrenders
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