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| Largest war in history, involving over 100 countries and resulting in the deaths of 50 million+ people |
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"lightning war"
attack by Germany on Poland in 1939 |
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| German air force attacks on Britain throughout much of 1940 |
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| Attack of the US military bases at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7, 1941, resulting in the US entering WW2 |
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| June 6, 1944: the attack by the Allied Powers against German forces in France |
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| battle between German invasion forces and the Soviets; considered to be one of the major turning points in WW2 |
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