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create a timeline of the events that happened during world war ii.
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1939:
- september 1: germany invades poland, beginning world war ii
- september 17: soviet union invades poland

1940:
- april 9: germany invades denmark and norway
- may 10: germany invades france, luxembourg, belgium, and the netherlands
- june 22: france signs armistice with germany

1941:
- june 22: germany invades the soviet union
- december 7: attack on pearl harbor
- december 11: germany and italy declare war on the united states

1942:
- june 4: battle of midway
- august 7-9: battle of guadalcanal

1943:
- february: battle of stalingrad ends with a soviet victory
- june 10: allies invade sicily

1944:
- june 6: d-day landings on the normandy beaches in france
- august 25: liberation of paris
- december 16-27: battle of the bulge

1945:
- april 25: allies enter berlin
- may 8: germany surrenders, ending world war ii
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