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An early example of the US trying to stay neutral during WWII. This was an ultimate failure.
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Italy and Germany signed a pact that would later be joined by Japan and other facist countries.
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A pact signed between Nazi Germany and Japan directed towards communism instead of their fascism.
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Another example of appeasment, the Nazi's took over Austria.
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An example of British Appeasment that lead to the Nazi's getting more territory.
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Germany invaded Czechoslovakia which led to no response by Great Britain leading to more Nazi expansion.
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An example of Italian Imperialism, this was another cause of WWII.
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Generally considered the event that started WWII, Germany invaded Poland causing England to declare war on them.
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The Germans and Soviets agreed not to fight eachother. This was violated by the Germans and resulted in the USSR fighting Germany.
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Doing some of there own military expansion, the USSR decided to invade Finland and ultimately resulted in some territory gain on the Soviet side.
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This was the massive evacuation of allied troops in France after the Nazis started sweeping over the area.
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Another example of Nazi conquering which saw quick capture of Norway and Denmark. But not Sweden.
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Churchill was the prime minister of England during WWII. After reading Mein Kampf, Churchill knew that Hitler had to be destroyed and succeeded.
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Another example of Nazi expansion during WWII.
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Honoting its' alliance with Germany, Italy declared war on France and Great Britain resulting in the Allies spending a lot of time there.
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The Nazi's decided to bomb the British into submission wit constant air rades. This was an ultimate failure.
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The Japanese formed the Axis powers with Japan and Germany creating the enemy for the Allies.
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Despite an anti-aggression pact, Hitler double-crossed the USSR and invaded causing the demise of the Nazi's
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This lead to the Americans starting to supply the British with arms and food to help them win the war.
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Japan attacked the US Navy outpost at Pearl Harbor leading to US involvment in WWII.
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The US declared war on Japan and subsequently led to German declaration of war on the US. This led to the end of WWII.
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The Japanese conquered a combination of Philipino American military outposts. Not having enough space for their POW's, the Japanese marched them to death.
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This was the meeting between various Nazi leaders to come up with the final solution with Jews. This lead to the infamous death camps.
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This naval battle on Midway island caused a crippling blow to the Japanese fleet and ended the Japanese chance of winnig WWII.
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Going on for several months, the Battle of Stalingrad saw nearly two million casualties and saw the end of the Nazi offensive in Russia.
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The allied invasion of the Atlantic wall at Normandy. With the Allies closing in on the west and the Russians on the right, it was really only a matter of time before the Nazi's lost.
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This lead to the Japanese losing their control of the Philipines.
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The date when the Nazi's officially surrendered ending WWII.
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The Allies met to decide what to do with the former Nazi territory and this lead to the Cold War.
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After the dropping of Atomic bombs, a treaty was made with Japan officially ending WWII.
