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Adolph Hitler is elected Chancellor of Germany
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Mussolini and his Italian forces invade Ethiopia.
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President Roosevelt signs the 1937 Neutrality Act, banning travel on the ships of and trade with warring nations, and placing an arms embargo on the nations.
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Roosevelt delivered his Quarantine Speech, urging peaceful nations to act to "quarantine" aggressors to prevent war.
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Austria is declared part of the Third Reich .
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Mussolini pledges to join Hitler if war breaks out.
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European powers appease Hitler and give him the Sudetenland to keep peace.
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- 7500 Jewish owned businesses are looted, 191 synagogues burned, and A nearly 100 Jews are killed, with thousands more sent to concentration camps.
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A nonaggression pact is signed between Germany and the Soviet Union.
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- Germany invades Poland, prompting the start of the war two days later.
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War officially starts in Europe when Britain and France declare war on Germany.
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France surrenders and signs an armistice, leaving Britain alone to fight.
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An oil embargo is placed on Japan by the United States.
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In return for new naval bases, the United States gives Great Britain 50 destroyers.
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Japan joins the Axis powers of Germany and Japan in response to United States embargoes.
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The United States starts the Lend-Lease Program to give Britain arms.
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Germany violates the Nonaggression Pact and invades the Soviet Union.
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The Lend-Lease program is extended to the Soviet Union.
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Japan attacked Pearl harbor, prompting the United States to enter the war.
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Italy surrenders.
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D-Day begins with Normandy Invasion.
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Germany surrenders .
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An ultimatum is sent to Japan to surrender, but Japanese leaders refuse
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United States drops the first of two atomic bombs on Hiroshima, killing 75,000 people instantly.
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World War 2 officially ends after the two atomic bombs are dropped and peace deals are negotiated.