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In September 1931, Japan claimed that Chinese soldiers had sabotaged the railway, and attacked the Chinese army. The Chinese army did not fight back because it knew that the Japanese were just wanting an excuse to invade Manchuria. By February 1932, the Japanese had conquered Manchuria, and set up a Japanese-controlled state called Manchukuo, run by the former Emperor of China. Thousands of Chinese soldiers and civilians had been killed by the modern but ruthless Japanese army.
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Hitler rises to power.
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Italy, under rule of Mussolini, ivades Ethiopia.
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the 1937 Neutrality Act, which bans travel on belligerent ships, forbids the arming of American merchant ships trading with belligerents, and issues an arms embargo with warring nations.
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt stops U.S. ships from carrying weapons to China or Japan.
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U.S sates they are against Japan therefore against Germany.
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Hitler takes Japans side
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Austria becomes ally of the U.S.
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Now Italy is with Germany. Two of the biggest dictators are on the same side.
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Hitler bombs polish cities from the sky.
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Britain forces retreat from France and Adolf Hitler's armies defeat French forces.
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Italy attacks France from the south. France surrenders
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It was an air assault on the Greek island of Crete, the first action in which paratroopers were dropped in large numbers. Delays and communication failures between Allies allowed the Germans to capture the vital airfield at Maleme and fly in reinforcements.
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Roosevelt tells Japan to chill out or they will have to deal with U.S. forces.
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Japan attacks U.S
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The fight resembled a WW1 battle, with artillery bombardments preceding bloody infantry assaults on fixed positions. Success was bought at the cost of more than 50,000 casualties on the Allied side. Today, the battle is mainly remembered for the destruction of the abbey of Monte Cassino.
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Battle of Normandy takes place. Nearly 3 million allied soldiers are involved.
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Hitler ordered a surprise Blitzkrieg.Several armored divisions massed in the Ardennes with the goal of breaking through Allied lines. American forces held on stubbornly in spite of heavy casualties, more than 19,000 died.
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Hitler finally surrenders and kills himself. Mussolini also died April 28 1945.
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The United States drops an atomic bomb the first to be used in warfare on Hiroshima, killing 75,000 people instantly, and injuring more than 100,000. Shortly after the US drops Nagaski. All because Japan did not listen to our warning.
