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Japan invaded Manchuria, violating the rules of the League of Nations.
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Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy sign a treaty of cooperation, and the Axis is announced a few days later.
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Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan sign the pact directed against the Soviet Union.
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Japan invades China, initiating war in the pacific.
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Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France sign the agreement, forcing the Czechoslovak Republic to cede the Sudetenland to Nazi Germany.
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Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agree to not attack, forming a sphere of influence in Europe.
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Hitler led his invasion
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2 days after the German invasion
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Hitler aimed to control any neutral countries.
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Nazi Germany and the Axis partners invade the Soviet Union capturing a majority of their leaders.
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Japanese bombers attacked U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor. Drove the United States to join WWII.
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The U.S. defeated Japan 6 months after the Pearl Harbor bombing.
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4 million German troops invade Stalingrad, Leningrad, and Moscow, but fail, and the Soviet Union defeats Germany.
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American, British, and Canadian forces landed on 5 beaches of France's Normandy area to battle.
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Soviet troops liberate prisoners at Auschwitz concentration camp.
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Germany surrenders to the western Allies and 2 days later to the Soviets.
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Victory in Europe Day, marking the acceptance by the WWII Allies of Nazi Germany's surrender of armed forces.
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America bombed these Japanese cities to end the war, while killing 80,000 people
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Japan surrendered to the Allies after the bombing.
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Japan agreed to unconditional surrender on August 14th, 1945, causing them to surrender on this day.
