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Fascist DICTATOR BENITO MUSSOLINI ordered the Italian army to invade ETHIOPIA
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Hitler marched troops into the Rhineland of Germany, directly breaching the TREATY OF VERSAILLES, which was signed after World War I
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a skirmish between Chinese and Japanese troops broke out at the MARCO POLO BRIDGE near Beijing.
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the United States grew less patient with Japanese atrocities and began to restrict trade with the Empire.
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when negotiations began with japan and the US