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Japan invades Manchuria.
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He used this position to his advantage. Being this high up gave him a better opportunity to become the dictator.
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Benito Mussolini, the Fascist leader of Italy, had adopted Adolf Hitler's plans to expand German territories by acquiring all territories it considered German. Mussolini followed this policy when he invaded Ethiopia the African country situated on the horn of Africa.
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The Neutrality Act of 1937 was passed in May and included the provisions of the earlier acts, this time without expiration date, and extended them to cover civil wars as well.
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It began with the Marco Polo Bridge Incident in 1937 in which a dispute between Japanese and Chinese troops escalated into a battle.
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Forbids us from carrying arms to China or Japan.
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France and Great Britain guarantee the integrity of the borders of the Polish state.
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Britain and France declare war on Germany two days later.
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The Soviet Union invades Poland from the east.
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In Battle of Britain forces Hitler to postpone invasion plans.
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Italy invades southern France on June 21.
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The Italians invade British-controlled Egypt from Italian-controlled Libya.
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Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact.
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360 Japanese warplanes followed, descending on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in a ferocious assault
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Soviet troops liberate Kiev.
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The Normandy landings were the landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II.
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This day was used to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces
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The United States first used an atomic bomb in war
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Russia enters war against Japan
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The United States drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki.
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After atomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan surrenders
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Japanese surrenders, ending WW2
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This took place after Japan's surrendered in the Potsdam Declaration
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Winston Churchill delivers ¨Iron Caption¨ speech
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Truman announced his Truman Doctrine
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Berlin blockade
