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Period: to
1932-1945
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Japan & China sign a peace treaty
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Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected president of the United States
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Hindenburg appoints Hitler chancellor of Germany
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FDR makes his first "fireside chat" speaking to the United States population over the radio.
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Several thousand Americans attend a pro-Nazi rally in Queens. New York.
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Germany passes law restricting college enrollment of Jews. Similar legal discrimination already exists in the United States.
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Supreme Court declares FDR's Natl Recovery Act unconstitutional
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In Germany, the first Nuremberg Laws are passed revoking citizenship from Jews and prohibiting them from marrying non-Jews.
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Spanish Civil War begins
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Formation of the Rome-Berlin Axis
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FDRs Quarantine Speech calls for international cooperation against aggression.
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Germany signs military agreement with Japan.
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Romanian Jews are stripped of their citizenship.
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Anschluss: Austria is annexed by Germany.
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The Jewish refugee ship the St. Louis arrives in Belgium after being denied access to Cuba and the United States. Most of the passengers are eventually murdered by the Nazis.
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Germany invades Poland from the west.
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German troops invade Denmark and Norway.
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British forces land in Norway.
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Soviet Union renews pact with Germany.
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Germany attacks the Soviet Union
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Japanese land in Solomon Islands.
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The United States first attacks the Japanese by air.
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German surrender in Tunisia.
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German forces mount a new offensive in Russia.
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Allied landings south of Rome in Anzio.
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Japanese invade India.
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Daylight air-raid on Berlin.
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Liberation of Philippines complete.
