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On 19 August 1914 U.S. President Woodrow Wilson addressed Congress and made public the U.S. policy of neutrality. During his address he warned U.S. citizens against taking sides in the war .
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A Tready signed by Nazi Germany and Soviet Union,which granteed that the two countried would not attack each other.This prevented Germany from fighting a two-front war in the soon-to-begin the Second World War.The Soviet Union was awarded land, including parts of Poland and the Baltics states.
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On Sep 1,1939 , Germany attacked Poland. on Sep 3,1939 ,Britain and France declared war and estalblished Naval Block on Germany ,which aimed to danmage Germany's economy and war effort.
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It was an invasion of Poland by Germany and the Soviet Union that marked the begining of WW2.The whole Poland was divided and annexed by Germany and the Soviet Union.
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The Revengeclass battleship was attacked and sunk by the German U-Boat. 833 peple were killed.
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Josept Stalin ordered the red army to invade Finland on November 10 , 1939.In March 1940 , the Finnish Government signed a peace tready in Mossco that surrender 16,000 squares of territory to the Soviet Union.
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On this day, the League of Nations expels the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in response to the Soviets' invasion of Finland on October 30.
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On March 30, 1940, Nanking was declared by the Japanese to be the center of a new Chinese government, a regime controlled by Wang Ching-wei and a Japanese puppet.
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On this day in 1940, German warships enter Norway. At the same time, German forces occupy Danish cities.
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On 10th May 1940 , The Nazi Germany arm force invaded Luxembourg, Belgium and Holland, the western part of the Netherlands.
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On June 10,1940 , Mussolini ,the dictator of Germany declared war on Britain and France.
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The French abandon Paris, declaring it an open city. This allows the Germans to enter the French capital on June 14 without resistance.
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The Soviet Union reoccupied most of the territory of the Baltic states during World War II.
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Berlin, the capital of Nazi Germany was bombed by RAF (British Air Force). 95 aircrafts were dispatch to bomb Berlin.
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On that day, Italian forces c rosse Libya,a territory of Egypt and enter Egypt.
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The Italians invaded Greece, expecting a quick victory. The Greeks received reinforcements from the British and planes from the Soviets. This allowed Greek forces to hold their own and attack Italy.
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On the evening of December 29, 1940, London suffers its most devastating air raid when Germans firebomb the city.