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War in Europe
War in Europe, Adolf Hitler in Germany, and Dictator Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union sign the Non-agression Pact which secretly accepts Germany's plan to invade Poland. -
Invasion of Poland
England and France react by declaring War on Germany which will begin World War !! -
The United States begins "lend lease" in which they send ammunition to England
No longer in a neutral state the US will give England all of the support just "short of War. " -
Hundreds of German war planes begin bombing London
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Germany, Italy, and Japan sign a treaty called the tripartite Pact which makes the three countries allies against France and England
This treaty is also a warning to the United States to stop helping England and France because they had traded 50 old destroyers to England in exchange for naval and air bases in the Western Hemisphere. -
US demands that Japanese Americans be relocated to camps in isolated areas
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The United States tells Japan to get out of China and Indohina
After Japanese and Army Navy officers say Japan "should get ready for war" against the United States, Gen. Hideki Tojo becomes Prime Minister in a Millitary controlled government and Tojo decides that Japan's only choice is to go to war. -
Japan sends diplomats to Washington to try to avoid war with the United States
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Six Japanese aircraft secretly leave Northern Japan and head for Pearl Harbor
The United States cuts off all oil exports to Japan -
Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor
Almost at the same time Japanese war planes attack the Phillipines and two U.S. Islands: Wake and Gua, whick are later occupied. Japanese troops invade Malaya and Thailand and seize Shanghai. Later in Deember they invade Burma and Hong Kong
