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Fascist Party rises to power in Italy
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Nazi Party rises to power in Germany
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Japan, lacking land & natural resources, looks to establish an empire
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Mussolini is appointed Prime Minister of Italy
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Hitler tries to overthrow German government, but fails and is imprisoned
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Japan's economy worsens as a result of the Great Depression
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Japan's army seizes Manchuria
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Japan's military takes over government
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Nazi Party is the largest political party in Germany's Reichstag & Hitler becomes head of the German state
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Congress pases Neutrality Acts
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Mussolini & Italy invade Ethiopia
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Hitler signs an alliance with Mussolini, forming the Axis Powers
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German troops invade the Rhineland
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FDR moves American Pacific fleet from San Diego to Pearl Harbor
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Hitler annexes Austria
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Hitler demands the Sudetenland; Britain & France agree in the Munich Conference
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Hitler annexes Czechoslovakia
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Britain & France pledge support to Poland in the event that it is invaded by Germany
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Hitler invades Poland - Blitzkrieg
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France & Britain declare war on Germany
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Japan controls most of estern China
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America First Committee forms to push for American isolation
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Sitzkrieg ends - Germany attacks Denmark & Norway
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Germany launches Blitzkrieg on Belgium
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German troops enter Paris & France surrenders
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Japan allies with Germany & Italy in the Tripartite Pact
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America authorizes the first peace-time draft in history - Selective Service Act
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Roosevelt is reelected to a third term
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German raids on England / Battle of Britain
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Lend-Lease Act is passed
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Japan signs neutrality pact with Soviet Union
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Japanses forces occupy Indochina; US freezes Japan's American assets & cuts off trade
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Japanese fleet begins moving toward Southeast Asia; US demands that Japan withdraw from Tripartite Pact
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Pearl Harbor is attacked by Japanese warplanes
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US declares war on Japan
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Germany & Italy declar war on US