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Within a few days Japanese armed forces had occupied several strategic points in South Manchuria
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Wheen congress discussed foreign affairs, it was generally to pass isolationist measures, such as the first neutrality act.
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When Italy invades not olny do they conquer but annexes Ethiopia
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Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy sign a treaty of cooperation on October 25.
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The Japanese attach China in Peiping in North China
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This was the start of Worl WarII.
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Great Britain and France decalare war on Germany. They become known as the Allies.
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FDR Passes the cash-and-carry-law to ease the sales of arms to countries at war.
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Italy enters the war. 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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Congress established the lend-lease program to deliver arms to Great Britain on credit.
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After cracking Enigma in 1941, the Allies began to gain vital information about the locations and plans of U-boat formations.
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Tojo forced Japans government to resign. Tojo took control of the country. American leaders did not yet realize it but the time for the compromise with Japan was over.
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Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor. Damage to U.S. Pacific fleet would take months to overcome.U.S. very angry but focusing on Europe first.
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101st Airborne parachuted behind enemy lines. Hitler refused to send reinforcements for precious days because he feared the invasion was a trick. After a week of fighting, the Allies gained control of a 60-mile strip. 10,000 Allied casualties – successful!
July - the Allies had broken through German lines.August - Paris was liberated Hitler’s war machine was in full retreat -
Germans finally surrender! This day rejoices in the defeat of the Nazi war machine.
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Japan surrenders to the Allies bringing an end to WWII. The bombings left Japan destroyed.
