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Japan invades Manchuria , or northeastern China
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Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany
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The Neutrality act law is passed limiting the United State's involvement in future wars
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Battle between Imperial Japan and the Republic of China, also known as the start of the second Sino-Japanese War
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Slovaks declare independence from a Slovak Republic
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A division of Eastern Europe occurs creating spheres of influence
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Germany invades Poland, indicating the start of WWII
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After Germans invaded Poland, Britain and France declare war on Germany
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Soviets invade Finland starting the Winter War
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Hitler takes Denmark, Holland, Luxembourg, Belgium and Norway under Nazi German control
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German and British Air Forces battle, British victory
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Imperial Japan makes a surprise attack on the U.S. by dropping an atomic bomb on the Pearl Harbor in Hawaii
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Germany declares war on the U.S. in December of 1941
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Allied powers crossed the English channel and landed on the beaches in Normandy, starting the liberation of Western Europe from the control of Nazi Germany
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Paris is liberated from Nazi Germany's control by the U.S.
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The U.S. air force heads into the war from the Pacific
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End of WWII in Europe, Nazi Germany's formal surrender
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With Truman in charge, the U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima in Japan
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With Truman in charge, the U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki in Japan
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Formal surrender of Japan, officially ending WWII
