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Spring 1940

Around 300,000 French and British troops were rescued by British civilian ships

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Summer of 1940 - May 1941

New technology allowed British forces to prove they can hold off Hitler

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December 7, 1941

The Japanese surprise bombs the US harbor blowing up 19 ships, killing 2300 Americans and started Americas involvement in the war

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June 4, 1942

US took out the Japanese carriers after being lured in and changed the tide of the war

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August 1942 - February 1943

German troops surrendered due to starvation and cold leaving Hitler with no resistance

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June 6, 1944

Troops land in France to push into Germany, causing the largest land and sea attack in History

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Following D-Day, American soldiers push into Paris and free France

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February - June 1945

Brutal fighting on small Japanese islands, major casualties on both sides

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August 6th and 9th, 1945

The US nuked Japan, causing over 140,000 deaths and lead to the Japanese surrender

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August 1939

Germany signs non aggression pack with the Soviet Union