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Japan Invades Manchuria.
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FacIst Italy invades, conquers, and annexes Ethiopia.
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Japan Invades China.
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Germany incorprates Austria in the Anschluss
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Facist Italy invades and annexes Albania.
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Germany invades Denmark and Norway. Denmark surrenders on the day of the attack; Norway holds out until June 9.
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There was a meeting between Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin decided what would happen at the end of the war.
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President Truman promised to help any country facing a communist takeover.
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The Korean war began when North Korea invaded South Korea.
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Joseph Stalin died at the age of 74. He was succeeded by Nikita Khushchev.
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The Warsaw Pact was formed with member states east Germany, Czechoslavkia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Albania, Bulgaria, and the Soviet Union.