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Japan Invades Manchuria
The Japanese Kwantung army invades Manchuria and createstheir own state called Manchukoku -
Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany
Hitler takes office as the Chancellor and Leader of Germany -
FDR takes office
Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected as the President of the United States. -
Hitler Defies the Treaty of Versailles
Hitler begins to remilitarize the Nazi army -
U.S. neutrality act
U.S. attempts to stay uninvolved in the war in Europe. -
Italy invades Ethiopia
resulted in Italy's military occupation of Ethiopia. -
French militarize the Rhineland
France rebuilds military fortifications in an unclaimed area known as the Rhineland -
Spanish Civil War
War breaks out in Spain. -
Japan invades China
Fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of japan. -
Anschluss
Nazi Germany annexed Austria -
Munich Conference
A pact allowing Nazi Germany to annex Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland along the Czech border. -
Kristallnacht
A Series of co-ordinated attacks on Jews throughout Nazi Germany. -
Nazi-Soviet Pact
Nazi germany and Russia's non aggression pact towards each other -
Germany invades Poland
Poland is overtaken by the combined forces of the Nazi and Soviet armies. -
Phony War
Brittain and France declared war on Germany but no military actions were enforced. -
Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister of england
This would be his second time in office. -
Miracle at Dunkirk ( Dunkirk Evacuation )
soldiers were evacuated from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk. -
France Surrenders
France is defeated by Nazi Germany and surrenders -
Battle of Brittain
Germanies attempt to destroy Britain's air-force -
Japan Seizes French Indo-China
Japan invades china to prevent them from importing arms and weapons -
Lend-Lease Act
U.S. will supply ammunition and weapons to struggling allies that are important to the U.S. attempts to stay out of war. -
Atlantic Charter
The U.S. President met secretly with the Prime Minister of England aboard a naval ship -
Pearl Harbor Attack
Was intended by the Japanese to keep the U.S. from interfering in the war, but lead to the U.S. declaring war on Japan
