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Benito Mussolini founded Italy’s Fascist movement.
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The communist party created the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) led by Vladimir Lenin.
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The Nazis (led by Hitler) tried to seize power by marching on city hall in Munich, Germany.
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Stalin began a massive effort to industrialize his country.
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The Japanese army invaded Manchuria, a resource-rich region of northern China.
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Hoping to avoid conflict with the United States, Emperor Hirohito’s prime minister asked Minister of War Hideki To jo to withdraw some troops from China. Here refused.
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Hitler began to defy the treaty of versailles and he ended up announcing a military draft to greatly expand the army because of it.
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Hitler Threatened to invade austria unless austrian nazis were given important government posts.
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Britain and france agreed to Hitler's demands. They thought if they did it could help avoid war.
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Japan attacks pearl Harbor
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The USA enters WW2
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Japanese American relocation ordered. They were relocated to Concentration camps.
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Decoded Japanese messages alerted the united states to the Japanese attack on New Guinea
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Bataan Peninsula surrendered.
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Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps Established. This allows women to join the military.
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Adolf Hitler ordered his army to capture strategic oil fields, factories, and farmlands in southern russia and Ukraine
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USA wins battle of midway.
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After a 12 day battle at the egyptian coastal city of El Alamein, The British secured the Suez Canal and forced Rommel to retreat.
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Germans defeated at stalingrad.
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Race Riots in Detroit and “zoot suit” riots in los angeles.
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Eisenhower leads D-Day invasion.
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Supreme Court rules in Korematsu v. United States that Japanese American relocation is constitutional.
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U.S. Marines capture Iwo Jima.
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Franklin Roosevelt dies in office and Harry S. Truman becomes president.
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United States drops atomic bombs on Japan.