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Germany
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Japan invades Manchuria
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Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
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Fascist Italy invades Abbysinia
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Italy and Germany intervene on the fascist side in the Spanish CivilWar
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Japan invades China
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2nd AIF formed in Australia
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Germany invades Poland. Britain declares war on Germany
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Germany has overrun much of Europe. England was the only country left in Europe fighting Germany
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Australian troops sent to Middle East
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Darwin bombed.
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Australians turn back Japanese advance in Papua
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Australians were prominent also in defeating the Germans at the Battle of El Alamein in 1942.
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Australians defeat Japanese in New Guinea
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Russians defeat Germans at Stalingrad. Mussolini overthrown in Italy
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Allies launched an invasion of Europe from the west. The USA defeats Japanese forceson Pacific islands
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Germany surrenders in May.
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Japan surrenders in September after the Hiroshima atomic bombing.
