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august 23-24, russia and the soviet union formed a non aggression pact, they would do this in secret and then divide the countries they conquer among eachother.

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september 1, 1939. Germany invaded Poland, breaking the non aggression pact signed in 1933. this was the start of ww2, causing France and Britain to then declare war on Germany. weeks later, soviets would invade Poland from the other side.

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april 10, 1940, Germany invaded Norway with a full scale invasion, with 10000 soldiers. it was a counter to if France decided to operate in Norway.

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june 22, 1941, the largest land offensive in history, with ten million soldiers involved, germany betrayed the soviet union and broke the non aggression pact. it brought the USSR into the allies.

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december 7, 1941. a surprise attack by the japanese navy air services,it was suppose to be a preventive attack to stop the U.S from aiding china any more, or getting supplies to great britain or france.

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december 11, 1941, hitler declares war on the U.S, later that day the U.S declared war on germany, this decision led to many battles and deaths.

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june 4,1942, a major naval battle between Japan and the U.S took place, it was supposed to be a trap, but they underestimated the U.S forces. it was a major defeat for japan and proved that the U.S was a capable military force.

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august 23,1942, lasting almost a year, nazi germany and its allies attack the soviet city of stalingrad, it was the deadliest battle to take place in history. it caused german commanders to take soldiers from other places to replace the losses.

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august 6 and 9, atomic bombs were dropped on nagasaki and hiroshima, after failing at trying to get the japanese to surrender. 226000 japanese were killed. mainly civilians.

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september 2, 1945 japan surrenders. after america dropped two atomic bombs on them. it was an unconditional surrender after two weeks after the bombs.