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Nazi Party is the largest political party in Germany's Reichstag & Hitler becomes head of the German State.
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Fascist Party Rises to Power in Italy
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Nazi Party Rises to Power in Germany
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Japan, lacking land and natural resources, becomes land-hungry and looks to establish an empire.
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France & Great Britian declare war on Germany
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Mussolini is Appointed Prime Minister of Italy
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Hitler tries to overthrow German goverenment, but fail and is imprisoned
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Japan's economy worsens as a result of the Great Depression
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America passes a seriis of Neutrality Acts saying taht the US would withhold weapons & loans from all nations at war.
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Japan's army seizes Manchuria (northern China)
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Japan's military takes over goverenment
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Mussolini & Italy invade Ethiopia
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Hitler signs and alliance with Mussolini, forming the Axis Powers
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German Troops Invade the Rhineland
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FDR moves American Pacific fleet from San Diego to Pearl Harbor
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Hitler annexes Austria
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Hitler demands the Suetenland; Britain and France agree in the Munich Conference
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Hitler annexes Czechoslovakia
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Britain & France pledge support to Poland in the event that it is invaded by Germany
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Japan controls most of eastern China
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America First Committee forms to fight for American isolationism
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Hitler invades Poland- Blitzking
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Sitzkrieg ends-Germany attacks Denmark & Norway
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Germany launches blitzkrieg on Belgium
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German Troops enter Paris & France surrenders
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Japan allies with Germny & Italy- Tripartite Pact
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Congress authorizes the first peacetime draft in the nation;s History Selective Service Act
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Roosevelt is reelected to a third term
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German begin bombing England/ Battle of Britain
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Lend-Lease Act
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Japan signs neutrality pact with Soviet Union
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Japanese forces occupy Indochina; U.S. freezes Japan's American assets & cuts off trade
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German raids on Englang end
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American military base, Pearl Harbor, is attacked by Japanese warplanes.
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United States declares war on Japan
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Germany & Italy declare war on the United States
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Japanese fleet begins n=moving toward Southwest Asia; US demands that Japan withdraw from Tripartite Pact
