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Versailles Treaty signed
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U.S. Stock Market Crash
Ends 1940 -
Italian attack on Ethiopia
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Remilitarization of the Rhineland
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Period: to
Spanish Civil War
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Creation of the Axis Power
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Japanese invasion of mainland China
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The Anchluss
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Munich Agreement
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German takeover of Cezchoslovakia
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Nazi-Soviet Pact
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German invasion of Poland
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Britain, France declare war against Axis
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Polish surrender to Germany
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Blitzkrieg of Western Europe
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German attack on France
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Miracle of Dunkirk
Ends June 4, 1940 -
French surrender to Germany
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Battle of Britain
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Italian attack on Egypt
Ends September 16, 1940 -
Japanese advance on French-Indo Chinese and Dutch East Indies
Dutch East Indies - March 9, 1942 -
Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary join Axis
Romania, Hungary - November 20, 1940
Bulgaria - March 1, 1941 -
Lend-Lease Act
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Greece and Yugoslavia fall to Axis
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German invasion of Soviet Union
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Atlantic Charter
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Period: to
Siege of Leningrad
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Pearl Harbor attack
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U.S. declaration of war
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Executive Order #9066
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Battle of Coral Sea
Battle ends on May 8, 1942 -
Battle of Midway
Battle ends June 6, 1942 -
Battle of El Alamein
Battle ends on June 6, 1942 -
Battle of Stalingrad
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Italian surrender
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Allied Invasion of Italy
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D-Day Invasion
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Battle of the Bulge
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Yalta Conference
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Period: to
Cold War
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Death of FDR
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V-E Day
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Bombing of Hiroshima
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Bombing of Nagasaki
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V-J Day
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Nuremberg Trials