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Seizure of Manchuria
Japan seizes Manchuria in September of 1931. -
Japan Withdraws from League of Nations
Japan withdraws from the League of Nations in February of 1933. The United States responds by threatening Japan with economic sanctions. -
Hitler Builds Up Germany's Army and Weapons
Great Britian and France take no action. -
Hitler orders troops into the Rhineland
Great Britain and France take no action to Hilter's entering the Rhineland. They are not interested in starting another war. -
Hitler makes two alliances
Rome-Berlin Axis Pact (between Germany and Italy), and the Anti-Comitern Pact (allied Germany with Japan) -
Continued Expansion into China
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Hitler marches into Austria
Great Britain and France take no action despite Austria's request. -
Hitler invades Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia
Other countries respond with the creation of the Munich Agreement, Appeasement. -
Germany invades Poland
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Great Britain and France declare war on Germany
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Germany defeated in the Battle of Britain
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Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
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United States declares war on Japan
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Germany and Axis Powers declare war on the United States
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United States forces move across the Pacific towards the Japanese homeland
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Battle of Midway
"Island Hopping" used. -
D- Day
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Hitler commits suicide
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Germany military commanders surrendered
End of WWII in Europe -
Hiroshima Bomb
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Nagasaki Bomb
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Japan Surrenders to the Allies
Negotiates surrender to the Allies, ending World War II