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1. Jan 23, 1943, British capture Tripoli 2. Feb 2, 1943, Germans surrender at Stalingrad 3. Apr 19-May 16, 1943, Jewish uprising in Warsaw 4. May 13, 1943, Axis forces in North Africa surrender 5. July 5-July 20, 1943, Germans defeated at Kursk 6. July 9-July 22, 1943, Allies capture Sicily 7. Aug 23, 1943, Soviets recapture Kharkov 8. Sep 9, 1943, Allies invade Italy near Naples, Italy surrenders 9. Nov 6, 1943, Soviets recapture Kiev 10. Jan 27-May 18, 1944, Battles for Cassino 11. Jan 27, 1944, siege of Leningrad lifted after 900 days 12. May 12, 1944, Soviets recapture the Crimean Peninsula, site of Yalta Conference in Feb. 1945 13. June 5, 1944, Allies enter Rome 14. June 6, 1944, Allies invade Normandy, France 15. June 13, 1944, Germans launch first V-1 rocket on England 16. July 3, 1944, Soviets recapture Minsk 17. July 20, 1944, Hitler survives assasination 18. Aug 15, 1944, Allies invade southern France 19. Aug 25, 1944, Allies liberate Paris 20. Aug 31, 1944, Soviets liberate Bucharest, Romania 21. Sep 4, 1944, Soviets and Finns agree to cease fire 22. Sep 17, 1944, Operation Market Garden 23. Oct 21, 1944, Allies liberate Athens, Greece 24. Dec 16-Dec 27, 1944, Battle of the Bulge 25. Jan 17, 1945, Soviets liberate Warsaw 26. Feb 13, 1945, Dresden is destroyed by Allies bombers, 300,00 civilians are killed in the firestorm. 27. Mar 7, 1945, Allies cross the Rhine at Remagen 28. Apr 12, 1945, Allies liberate Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, President Franklin Roosevelt dies 29. Apr 21, 1945, Soviets reach Berlin Apr 30, 1945, Adolf Hitler commits suicide in Berlin 30. May 7, 1945, all German forces surrender |
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