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Japan invades Manchuria.
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Nazi Germany and Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Treaty.
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Japan invades China which creates war in the pacific.
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Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France sign the Munich agreement which also forces the Czechoslovak Republic to give up the Sudetenland.
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Under German pressure, the Slovaks declare their independence and form a Slovak Republic. The Germans occupy the Czech lands which is in violation of the Munich agreement which forms a Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.
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France and Great Britain guarantee the integrity of the borders of Poland.
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Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign a nonaggression agreement.
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Germany invades Poland, initiating World War II in Europe.
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Great Britain and France declare war on Germany to honor their agreement and gurantee of safety for Polands borders.
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Warsaw surrenders on September 27. The Polish government flees, and Germany and the Soviet Union divide Poland between them.
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The Soviet Union invades Finland which begins the Winter War.
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Italy enters the war. Italy invades southern France on June 21.
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France signs an armistice agreement in which the Germans occupy the northern half of the country along with its coastline.
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The air war between Britant and Nazi Germany ends in the defeat of Nazi Germany.
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Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact.
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Japan bombs Pearl Harbor.
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The United States declares war on Japan, entering World War II.
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Nazi Germany and the Axis partners declare war on the United States.
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The Germans launch a final attack in the west, in an attempt to re-conquer Belgium. By January 1, 1945, the Germans are in retreat.
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Hitler commits suicide.
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Germany surrenders to the western allies.
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Germany surrenders to the Soviets.
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The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
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The United States drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki.
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On August 14, 1945, Japan formally surrenders, ending World War II.
