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The unprovoked attack of China by Japan, which led to the infamous Rape of Nanjing; killing countless of innocent lives
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The Munich Agreement proposed by British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain was signed.
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Austrian Dictator of Germany Adolf Hitler violates the Munich Agreement by taking the remainder of Czechoslovakia left out of the Pact.
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Germany And the USSR sign the Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact
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Germany launches a blitzkrieg on Poland, breaking their defenses.
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The Soviet Union invades Poland from the east.
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The Neutrality Act of 1939 passed by Congress.
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The Neutrality Act of 1939 was passed by Congress.
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Germany successfully invade and annex both Denmark and Norway
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Germany successfully invade and annex both Denmark and Norway.
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Winston Churchill elected British Prime Minister.
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Winston Churchill elected Prime Minister of Britain.
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Commander-in-Chief F.D. Roosevelt and the Prime Minister of Britain Winston Churchill both sign the Atlantic Charter, a document that outlined what the Allies' plan were after the war