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President Paul Von Hindenburg names Hitler, fÜhrer of the Nazi party, chancellor of Germany.
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After trying to invade ethiopia previously in the 1800's, Mussolini decided to invade again as it was one of the few free countries in Africa.
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FDR delivered a speech in Chicago about a quarantine against "the epidemic of world lawlessness", using economic pressure and a forceful response to places (Italy, Germany, Japan, although not explicitly referenced), but not completely direct aggression.
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British and French prime ministers signed a treaty with Hitler that allowed Germany to take Czechoslovakia and avoid going to war.
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The Nazi party invades Czechoslovakia after the Nazis, Britain and France signed the Munich pact.
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Similarly to Hitler's conquest of Prague, Mussolini invades Albania, preluding greater conquests.
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Germany and the Soviet Union signed a nonaggression pact, to the surprise of many other countries. The dictators of these countries however, had both signed the pact for their own needs.
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Along its 1,750 mile border with Germany, 1.5 million German troops simultaneously invade Poland whilst Nazi U-boats attack their naval forces in the Baltic Sea.
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Germany, Italy, and Japan signed this pact in Berlin, forming the Axis powers, allying each other and targeting the USA, forcing them to think more before joining the Allies.
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Hitler launched a huge invasion of the Soviet Union that ultimately failed, causing Germany to enter a two-front war.
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Many Japanese fighter planes bombarded Pearl Harbor for 2 hours and destroyed many naval ships and airplanes, killing and harming over 3,000 people. This caused the US to declare war on Japan and enter WWII.
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After winning the North African campaign, the Allies looked towards the final defeat of Nazi Germany and invaded Sicily, close to mainland Italy (An Axis Power).
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Previous Prime Minister of Hungary Miklos Kallay was dismissed, and extremely pro-German General Dome Sztojay was installed. Hungary committed to German war effort deported the last intact jewish community.
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The allied powers landed on the beaches of Normandy, France and began liberation from Nazi control.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed this bill to ensure veterans get jobs and help to keep the economy up.
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60 British soldiers fought their way through parts of France that were occupied by Germany, forcing the German soldiers to retreat.
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Being holed up in a bunker in Berlin under his headquarters, Adolf Hitler swallowed a cyanide pill and shot himself in the head, and Germany surrendered to the Allies shortly after.
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German troops in Europe finally surrendered to the Allies, with many German soldiers taken prisoner.
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After having their naval and air forces destroyed, bombed at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and had their mainland invaded by the allies, Japan finally surrenders.
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