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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.
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England and France react by declaring War on Germany which will begin World War !!
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No longer in a neutral state the US will give England all of the support just "short of War. "
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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.
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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.
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The United States cuts off all oil exports to Japan
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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