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Period: to
World War 2
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Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi Party
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Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy
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Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR)
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Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress
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Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin
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Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany
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Germany invades France and forces it to surrender
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Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter
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Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps
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Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces
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First Atomic Bombs dropped
