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Japan invades Manchuria with the excuse that they are running out of land and resources. The League of Nations doesn't like them doing this, but does nothing.
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The invasion of Poland marks the offical start of WWII. Germans used the blitzkrieg tactic, and through doing so, won by the end of the month.
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Adolf Hitler becomes the Chancellor of Germany, and starts the genocide of all Jews. Millions of Jews were killed, along with crippled people, blacks, and gays.
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Set a general embargo on trading in arms and war materials with all of the current parties of WWII.
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Through the suggested use of economic pressure, a forceful response, but not as direct as outright war, Roosevelt meant to negatively affect the warring Axis Powers of WWII.
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Signed between Japan and Germany, furthering ties between them.
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200,000-300,000 Chinese slaughtered and massacred by Japanese soldiers.
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If any country wanted to trade, they would have to bring USD in cash to American ports if they wanted to trade.
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A law that started a program under which the USA supplied the allied forces with materiel between 1941 and 1945. Ultimately, it ended the US's pretense of neutrality.
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Hitler breaks the nonaggression pact and attacks the Soviet Union; the Soviet Union joins the Allies as a result.
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The Enigma code was broken by Allies and served to gain vital information about U-boat formations. It also lead to the term "Iron Coffins," which was coined due to seventy percent of those serving on U-boats being dead by the war's end.
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A pivotal policy statement which early in WWII defined the Allied goals for post-war world. It was drafted by Britain and the US, and was later agreed to by all the allies.
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General Hideki took control of Japan.
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A slogan coined by F.D.R., in a radio broadcast which promised America's help in fighting Nazi Germany by giving the United Kingdom military supplies while the United States stayed out of the actual fighting.
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Gave armed forces the power to force people or groups to leave certain zones.
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A major allied victory, which secured oil shipping routes for Great Britain, and helped further the war supplies, which in turn led to more troops being deployed from Great Britain.
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Invasion of French North Africa - the first time U.S. troups see action in Europe - under the direction General Dwight D. Eisenhower in an effort to drive back the Axis Powers in Africa. They failed horribly though, with the cost of 200,000 American soldiers' lives.
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Invasion of Normandy, France (Also known as Operation Overlord). The largest recorded naval failure known to date, even 70 years in the future. The Allied Forces failed to realize that the nazi's had a spy among them, and had already mobilized forces to Normandy's beaches and mountains.
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With a show of overwhelming force after D-Day, Germany finally took the rest of Russia into their hands, killing hundreds of thousands in the process.
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Germany takes over the entirety of Britain, killing and raping thousands for the enjoyment of their soldiers.
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The Ether Bomb (Atomic Bomb) is made, and used on America's capital, Washington D.C., along with fourteen other major cities. America unconditionally surrenders to Germany, and Hitler has attained world power in only one lifetime.
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