World War II

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06/10/1940..........Norway surrenders to Germany. Italy declares war on Britain and France.

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06/14/1940.........German troops enter Paris

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06/18/1940..........The USSR invades the Baltic states

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06/22/1940.....France surrenders to Germany

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06/30/1940..........Germany invades the Channel Islands. This will be the only part of Britain to be occupied by the Germans.

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07/03/1940..........The British sink the French fleet at Oran

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07/10/1940....The Battle of Britain begins. Germany bombs Britain, and the British defend themselves from the air in what Winston Churchill would call their "finest hour."

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08/03/1940.....Italy invades British Somaliland, making the beginning of WWII in Africa.

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08/14/1940............The U.S. and Britain sign the Atlantic Charter declaring their joint opposition to fascism, despite the U.S. being nominally neutral.

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09/27/1940.....Germany, Italy and Japan sign the Tripartite pact, making Japan art of the Axis.

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10/07/1940.....Germany invades Romania

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10/28/1940.....Italy invades Greece but fails to conquer it.

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10/31/1940......The Battle of Britain ends. The powerful German Luftwaffe fails to crush British morale.

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12/03/1940.....Greece invades Italian-held Albania.

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12/05/1941.....Germany abandons its attack on Moscow, the USSR counterattacks.

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12/07/1941.....Japan attacks the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

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12/08/1941......The Allies-except the USSR-declare war on Japan

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12/08/1941.....Japan invades Siam and Malaya.

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12/11/1941.....Germany and Italy declare war on the U.S.

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12/22/1941.....The Arcadia Conference between the U. S. and Britain begins in Washington D. C.