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The Spanish Civil War was between the Republicans, who were loyal to the democratically elected Spanish Republic, and the Nationalists, a rebel group led by General Francisco France.
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Japan captured the former Chinese imperial capital of Beijing after instigating the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, which culminated in the Japanese campaign to invade all of China
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These battles convinced some factions in the factions in the Japanese government that they should focus on conciliationf the Soviet government to avoid interference in the war against China.
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Germany invaded Poland under the false pretext that the poles had carried out a sereies of sabotage operations against German target.
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Hilter invades Poland on September 1st. Britain and France declare war on Germany two days later.
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Germany invaded Denmark and Norway to protect thipments of iron ore from Sweden, which the allies were attempting to cut off by unilaterally mining Norwegian waters.
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Winston Churchill replaced Neville Chaberlain as Prime Minister of the UK.
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Germany begins to invade France, Belgium, and Holland.
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Italy began operations in the Mediterranean, initating a siege of Malta in June, Conquering British Somaliland in August and making an incursion into British-held Egypt
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This pact was a mutual alliance that was between Germany, Italy, and Japan.
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With the situation in Europe and Asia relatively stable, Germany, Japan, and the Soviet Union made preparations.
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Operation Barbarossa was and invasion theat began on June 22nd the intial advance was swift and caused the fall of Sebastopol at the end of october, and Mostcow becoming attacked at the end of the year
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Japan launched a suprise atttack on the US Navyin hawaii, sinking 4 out of eight ships that were damaged
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Britain and The US team up and declare war on Japan.
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Montgomery attacked the German-Italian army in North Africa with a massive bombbardment followed by and armoured attack
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The allies launched an attack on Germany's forced in Normandy. Thousands of tranports carried an invasion army under the supreme command of general Eisenhow to the Normandy beaches.
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The German leader, Adolf Hitler committed suicide in his bombproof shelter.
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US General, Douglas MacArthur, accepts Japan's surrender, formally ending the second world war
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The Japanese genereals refused to surrender, so the US dropped an atomic bomb on the island of Hiroshima
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The US dropped yet another bomb on the Japanese but this time on the island of Nagasaki
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The Japanese unconditionally surrendered to the allies, ending the second world war.
