World War II: key dates

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World War II: key dates
Question	Answer
Germany invades Poland	September 1, 1939
Britain and France declare war on Germany	September 3, 1939
Germany invades Denmark and Norway	April 9, 1940
France signs an armistice with Germany	June 22, 1940
Germany invades the Soviet Union	June 22, 1941
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor	December 7, 1941
The Wannsee Conference plans the Holocaust	January 20, 1942
The German forces at Stalingrad surrender	February 2, 1943
D-Day: the Allies land in Normandy	June 6, 1944
Auschwitz is liberated	January 27, 1945
Hitler dies in Berlin	April 30, 1945
The war in Europe ends	May 8, 1945
An atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima	August 6, 1945
An atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki	August 9, 1945
Japan signs the surrender	September 2, 1945

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