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Japanese expansion in East Asia began in 1931 with the invasion of Manchuria and continued in 1937 with an attack on China.
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On this day in 1939, German forces bombard Poland on land and from the air, as Adolf Hitler seeks to regain lost territory and ultimately rule Poland.
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In the summer and fall of 1940, German and British air forces fought in the skies over the United Kingdom, locked in the largest bombing campaign to that date.
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In 1940 the Axis powers are formed as Germany, Italy, and Japan become allies with the signing of the Tripartite Pact in Berlin.
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Principle to providing foriegn aid to the allied countries
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Japan suprised the US naval base with an attack that shocked the nation.
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A meeting in which the SS planned to exterminate all the Jews
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Invasion of Nazi occupied France
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Victory in Europe Day
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Stalin, Churchill, and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt had agreed to meet following the surrender of Germany to determine the postwar borders in Europe.But since Franklin died Truman attented in his place.
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The US drops an atomic bomb in Hiroshima Japan.
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The US drops atomic bomb in Nagasaki Japan.
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Victory in Japan Day
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Came from President Trumans speech before congress. stated that we would support foriegn countries if they were being threatned
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Joseph Stalin, Russian leader died on this day
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A mutual agreement putting the soviets in charge
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Earths first artifical satellite.
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Cuban refugees sent back to cuba to try and overthrow the government
