1.) September 1, 1939 - Germany invades Poland, initiating World War II in Europe.
2.) April 9, 1940–June 9, 1940 - Germany invades Denmark and Norway. Denmark surrenders on the day of the attack; Norway holds out until June 9.
3.) June 10, 1940 - Italy enters the war. Italy invades southern France on June 21.
4.) July 10, 1940–October 31, 1940 - The air war known as the Battle of Britain ends in defeat for Nazi Germany.
5.) September 27, 1940 - Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact.
6.) December 7, 1941 - Japan bombs Pearl Harbor.
7.) December 8, 1941 - The United States declares war on Japan, entering World War II. Japanese troops land in the Philippines, French Indochina (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia), and British Singapore
8.) December 11–13, 1941 - Nazi Germany and its Axis partners declare war on the United States.
9.) June 1942 - British and US navies halt the Japanese naval advance in the central Pacific at Midway.
10.) August–November 1942 - US troops halt the Japanese island-hopping advance towards Australia at Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.
11.) May 13, 1943 - Axis forces in Tunisia surrender to the Allies, ending the North African campaign.
12.) July 25, 1943 - The Fascist Grand Council deposes Benito Mussolini, enabling Italian marshall Pietro Badoglio to form a new government.
13.) November 6, 1943 - Soviet troops liberate Kiev.
14.) June 4, 1944 - Allied troops liberate Rome.
15.) October 20, 1944 - US troops land in the Philippines
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