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Japan invades Marchuria to use as a launching base fo their troops.
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taly, under the leadership of Prime Minister Benito Mussolini, invades Ethiopia.
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The Japanese defeat Chinese forces in a clash near Peking, taking control of North China.
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Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France sign the Munich agreement which forces the Czechoslovak Republic to cede the Sudetenland, including the key Czechoslovak military defense positions, to Nazi Germany.
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During the German Kristallnacht , 7500 Jewish businesses are looted, 191 synagogues are set afire, nearly 100 Jews are killed, and tens of thousands are sent to concentration camps.
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Germany and the Soviet Union agree to a nonaggression pact leaving the Soviets free to strengthen their western frontier, and Hitler free to attack Poland.
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This is the offical beginning for World War II.
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German troops invade Poland on the ground while Hitler's air force bombs Polish cities from the sky.
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Olympics that are supposed to be held in Finland are cancelled.
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Italy joins the Allies along side Germany.
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Responding to the embargoes imposed by the United States, Japan joins the German-Italian coalition.
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The Lend-Lease program is introduced into U.S. Congress.
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Bulgaria joins the Axis powers.
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The Japanese attacked an American naval base, Pearl Harbor. Raid was a surprise to America.
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America declares war on Japan after they attack Pearl Harbor.
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The Battle of Berlin begins. Bombing of the German capital will continue until March 24, 1944.
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Allied Forces landed at 5 sites at Normandy, also known as D-Day
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The Germans launch a final offensive in the west, known as the Battle of the Bulge. Try to reconquer Belgium.
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Marines land on Iwo Jima to capture the Japanese airfield. The intense fighting lasted a month.
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Hitler commits suicide after being cornered.
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Mark of the formal acceptance by the Allies for the Nazi's surrender.
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Germany surrenders to the Western Allies.
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The United States drop an atomic bomb on HIroshima.
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The Soviet Union declares war on Japan. The islands now face invasion on two fronts.
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Japan surrenders to the US.
