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July 1937

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Lugouqiao incident took place and Japan troops invaded Beiping

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November 1937

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Japan conquered Shanghai

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December 1937

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The Nanjing massacre

Japanese troops occupied Nanjing and killed 300,000 Chinese

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September 1939

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Germany invaded Poland

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April to May 1940

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Germany conquered Luxembourg, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, Norway

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May 1940

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Joint forces of Britain and France withdrew from continental Europe as they failed to stop Germany’s military aggression

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June 1940

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Germany launched a new offensive, in four days the French were in hopeless defeat

On 22 June, Paris fell and France signed an armistice with Germany

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July to December 1940

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German warplanes bombed Britain day and night but failed to make her surrender

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June 1941

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Germany suddenly attacked the Soviet Union

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7th December 1941

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Japan suddenly attacked the US naval base at Pearl Harbour. The USA formally joined WWII

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8th December 1941

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Japan attacked Hong Kong

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February to December 1942

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Japan occupied many Southeast Asian countries and accounted the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere Theory

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February 1942

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Japan invaded Singapore

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May 1942

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Japan invaded Philippines

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June 1942

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The US defeated the Japanese troops heavily at the Midway Islands

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Winter 1942

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The Soviet Union counterattacked

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September 1943

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Italy surrender and Mussolini was executed

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November 1943

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American forces landed at Gilbert Islands

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6 June 1944

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The Allies landed at Normandy. The date was known as D-Day

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8th May 1945

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Germany surrendered and the battle in Europe ended

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6th August 1945

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US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima

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9th August 1945

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The US dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki

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15th August

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Japan surrendered

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16 September1945

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Japanese troops Surrendered Hong Kong

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August 1944

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The Allies took back Paris

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February 1945

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The US defeated Japan again at Iwo Jima

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