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Military invaded against the orders of the civilian government. Many manchurians captured or killed.
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Mussolini attacks Ethiopia and the League of Nations and US were unwilling to take formal action to punish them.
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Civil War between Nationalists and Republicans
Hitler and Mussolini supported Franco
Stalin supported Republicans, but FDR would not
3,000 Americans joined the fight
Franco emerges victorious, hundreds of thousands die -
This is the official beginning of WWII! Germany attacks Polish fleets.
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German criminal in Polish clothing – proof! Blitzkrieg! Germany victory by end of the month. They were too strong for Poland.
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They were known as allies and no one thougt they were going to declared war on each other.
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Germnay doesn't even struggle to take over Denmark and Norway. They were so small and Germnay was huge!
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Attacked through the Ardennes Forest in Northern France
Maginot Line – French defenses south of the Ardennes
Dunkirk – 340,000 Allied troops escape
Netherlands and Belgium fall to Germany
By end of June, France surrenders to Germany
Vichy France
French Resistance – Charles de Gaulle -
Japan declares war on U.S. A suprise attack by the Japanese on an American naval base in Hawaii.
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This battlewas the largest seaborn battle in history! Germany and France going at it. D-Day!
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V-E day, We won the battle in Europe and we re now finished battling with them.
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Japan Surrenders and quits fighting!
