Second World War - short timeline

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September 1, 1939
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Hitler invaded Poland; France and Britain declared war
September 29, 1939
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Soviets and Nazis divided up Poland
December 14, 1939
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Soviet Union is expelled from the League of Nations
June 9, 1940
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Germany takes control of Norway and Denmark
June 22, 1940
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Germany took over a big part of western Europe
May 30, 1940
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Churchill lead the British government
June 10, 1940
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Italy declared war on Britain and France
July 10, 1940
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Battle of Britain begins (German air attacks on Great Britain)
July 23, 1940
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Soviets take Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
September 22, 1940
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Germany, Japan and Italy signed the Tripartite Pact
October 7, 1940
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Nazis entered Romania
October 28, 1940
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Italy invaded Greece
Novermber 5, 1940
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Roosevelt was re-elected as the president of the U.S.
June 22, 1941
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Operation Barbarossa - 3 million German soldiers were sent into Russia
December 7, 1941
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The Japanese attacked the US fleet at Pearl Harbour
December 8, 1941
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U.S. and Britain declare war on Japan
June 4, 1942
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The Battle of Midway - the US Navy defeated the Japanese navy
August 23, 1942 - February 2, 1943
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Battle of Stalingrad - Russians won
May 12, 1943
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Axis surrendered in North Africa
September 3, 1943
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Italy surrendered, Germany helped Mussolini set up a government in the north of Italy
November 28 - December 1, 1943
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Tehran Conference - Stalin, Roosevelt and Stalin met to discuss further plans and post-war settlements
June 6, 1944
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Allied forces pushed Germans back from France
December 16 - January 25, 1945
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Battle of the Bulge - Germany lost to Alies
March 22, 1945
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The US Third Army crosses the Rhine River while the Soviet Army was approaching from the East
April 12, 1945
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Roosevelt dies, Harry Truman becomes the president
April 1, 1945
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Russians reached Berlin
April 28, 1945
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Italian partisans executed Mussolini
April 30, 1945
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Hitler committed suicide
May 7, 1945
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Germany surrendered
August 6, 1945
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The U.S. dropped the Atomic Bomb in Hiroshima
August 9, 1945
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The U.S. dropped another bomb in Nagasaki
September 2, 1945
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Japan surrendered

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