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US Apollo 11 landed on the Moon and Neil Armstrong became the first man on the Moon.

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Russian cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyvich Gagarin became the first human being in space.

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USSR Sputnik II carried Laika the dog, the first living creature to go into space, which then passed.

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The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation formed with member states Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States

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A war that Americans thought would go on indefinitely was finally over at the surrender of Japan.

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Allied forces launched the largest amphibious invasion in the history of warfare. This attack had naval, air, and land assault on Nazi occupied France.

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US general Dwight landed on Normandy beaches in history greatest naval invasion. Allies fought through hidden underwater mines, treacherous barbed wire, and machine gun fire.

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November 1942 Brittish and American forces invaded french north africa. They forced German and Italian troops there to surrender in May 1943. By Spring of 1943, even Hitler knew that the Germans would not defeat the Soviet Union

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Renewed German offensive in the Soviet Union captured the entire Crimea in Spring 1942

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Japanese aircraft attacked the U.S naval at Pearl Harbour in Hawiian Islands. The attack destroyed over 350 aircraft, sunk 18 ships, and killed 3,500 Americans. Same day Japan attacked the Phillippines and advanced on Brittish colony of Malaya. By spring 1942 almost all South east Asia and much of the Western Pacific had fallen to the Japanese.

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Hitler invades the Soviet Union, the attack stretched out 2,900km capturing 2 million Russian soldiers. For the first time in the war German armies had been stopped by a counterattack done by Soviet army.

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Hitler realized a land/sea invasion could only suceed if Germany gained control of the air. August 1940 the Luftwaffe (German Airforce) launched a major offensive. German palnes bombed British air and naval bases, harbours, communication centers, and war industries. Brittish fought back with determination, but nevertheless by the end of August Brittain suffered critical losses. At the end of September hitler post-poned the invasion of Brittain indefinetly.

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The French signed an armistice on June 22, 1940. German armies now occupied about three- fiths of France.

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September 1 1939 Hitler stunned Europe with the speed and efficiency of the German attack on Poland. The lightning war used armoured colomns, supported by airplanes. The forces broke quickly through Polish lines and encircled the Polish troops. Within 4 weeks Poland had surrendered.