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1939 | Germany invades Poland; occupies Bohemia and Moravia; renounces pact with England and concludes 10-year non-aggression pact with U.S.S.R |
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1939 | World War II begins |
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1939 | 3 September - Britain, France, and Australia declare war on Germany |
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1939 | 19 October - Turkey signs a Treaty of Mutual Assistance with Britain and France |
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1940 | Hitler invades Norway, Denmark (April 9), the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg (May 10), and France (May 12) |
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1940 | 10 May - Operation Sichelschnitt: Nazis invade France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands |
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1940 | 10 June - Italy declares war on England and France |
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1940 | 22 June - France formally surrenders to Germany |
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1940 | 24 June - France signs an armistice with Italy |
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1940 | 28 June - Britain recognises Gen. Charles de Gaulle as the Free French leader |
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1942 | 1 January - Allies forge Declaration of the United Nations GO ! |
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1942 | 11 November - Axis forces occupy Vichy France |
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1944 | 19 August - Resistance uprising in Paris |
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1944 | 25 August - Paris liberated |
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1945 | 7 May - German armies give unconditional surrender GO ! |
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The French-Thai War
Fought between Thailand and Vichy France over certain areas of French Indochina that had once belonged to Thailand. |
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World War II
The war involving Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, the U.S., etc. on one side and Germany, Italy, Japan, etc. on the other. |
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