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Nazi Party rises to power in Germany
1919-1923 -
Fascist Party rises to power in Italy
1919-1922 -
Japan looks to establish an empire
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Mussolini is appionted Prime Minister of Italy
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Hilter tries to overthrow German government
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Japan's economy worsens from Great Depression
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America passes a series of Nuetrality Acts
US states that the US will withhold weapons and loans from all nations at war. -
Japan's army seizes Manchuria
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Japan's military takes over government
1931-1936 -
Nazi Party becomes largest political party & Hitler becomes head of German state
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Mussolini and Italy invade Ethiopia
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Hitler and Mussolini form the Axis Powers
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German troops invade the Rhineland
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FDR moves American Pacific fleet to Pearl Harbor
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Hitler annexes Austria
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Hitler gains Sudetenland from British and Frence Munich Conference
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Hitler annexes Czechoslovakia
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Britain and France pledge to support Poland in the event that it is evaded by Germany
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America passes Nuetrality Acts
States that the US will withhold weapons and loans from nations in war. -
Hitler invades Poland
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France and Great Britain declare war on Germany
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Japan controls most of eastern China
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America First Comittee forms to fight for isolationism
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Germany launches blitzkrieg on Belguim
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Germany attacks Denmark and Norway
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German troops force Paris and France to surrender
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Japan allies with Germany and Italy
Tripartite Pact -
Congress authorizes peacetime draft
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Roosevelt is reelected to a third term
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Germany begins bombing of England
Battle of Briatian -
Lend-Lease Act
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Japan signs nuetrality pact with Soviet Union
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Japan occupies Indochina
US freezes assets and cuts off trade. -
Japan fleet moves toward Southeast Asia
US demands Japan leaves the Tripartite Pact -
Germany raids on England's end
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Pearl Harbor is attacked
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US delcares war on Japan
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Italy and Germany declare war on US