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When the Washington Naval Congerence was called to order, they here put a limit on tonnage (measure of the size or cargo carrying capacity of a ship)
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The World Court decides to reject the qualified U.S. entery
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Kellog-Briand Pact outlaws war as a "an instument of national policy"
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Clark Memorandum repudiates the Roosevelt Corollary
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Japn occupies China's Manchurian province
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Franklin D. Roosevelt extends diplomatic recognition to the U.S.S.R
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Hitler's troops reoccupy Rhineland, Germany
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Franklin D. Roosevelt signs permanent Neutrality Act
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Japanese planes sink the USS Panay in China
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The Ludlow war refrerendum was buried in Congress
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The Munich Conference appeases Hitler
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Germany invades Poland. World War Two has now began.
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Germany invades the U.S.S.R
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Japan attacks Pearl Harbor. Therefor the United States enters World War II
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The Allies land in North Africa
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United States defeats Japanese at the Battle of Midway
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The Soviets defeat the German Nazis at Stalingrad
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The Big Three meet at Yalta (United States, United Kingdom, Soviet Union)
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Franklin D. Roosevelt dies; Harry Truman becomes president
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Germany surrenders unconditionally (May); United States drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, then Japan surrenders (August)