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  1935 - 36
 Italy invades and conquers Ethiopia.
 1937
 7 July -Japan invades China.
 1938
 Germany marches into Austria and takes it over.
 1939
 March -Germany takes over Czechoslovakia
 Sept. - Germany invades Poland
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  3 Sept - The Prime Minister of Britain, Neville Chamberlain, declares war on Germany.
 France, Australia and New Zealand also declares war on flag Germany. 6 Sept. - South Africa declares war on Germany.
 10 Sept. - flag Canada declares war on Germany.
 17 Sept. - The Soviet Union invades flag Poland from the east. 30 Nov. The Soviet Union invades Finland.
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  9 Apr. - Germany invades Norway and Denmark. Denmark surrenders on the day of the attack; Norway holds out until June 9.
 Winston Churchill May - Winston Churchill becomes the new British Prime Minister, replacing Neville Chamberlain.
 10 May - Germany attacks western Europe -Luxembourg, Holland and Belgium.
 flag Luxembourg surrenders to the Germans
 12 May - The German army enters France
 14 May Holland surrenders to the Germans.
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  14 June - The German army enters and took over Paris. 30 June 1940 (until the Liberation on 9 May 1945) German troops take over the Channel Islands, the only British soil occupied by Germany 21 June - Italy invades southern France. 22 June - German troops conquer most of flag France. France surrenders to the Germans
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  9 July - Uk RAF Bomber Command start night raids on Germany 10th July -Uk Battle of Britain begins 7 Sept - Uk The London Blitz starts 13 Sept. - flag Italy invades British-controlled Egypt from Italian-controlled Libya.
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  20 Sept. - Germany, flag Italy, and flag Japan sign the Tripartite Pact. Oct. - flag Italy invades Greece Nov. - Slovakia (November 23), Hungary (November 20), and Romania (November 22) join the Axis. 14 May - The Local Defense Volunteers (Dad's Army) is created in Britain. It was later called the Home Guard
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  27 May - The evacuation of 340,000 soldiers of the British and flag French armies from the beaches of Dunkirk. 28 May - Belgium surrenders to the Germans 4 June - The last of the 338,000 British, French and Belgian forces evacuated from Dunkirk. 9 June - Norway surrenders to the Germans 10 June - Italy enters the war and declares war on Uk Britain and flag France