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Invasion of Manchuria by Japan shortly after the Murkden Inccedent(event staged by rogue Japanese engineers).
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Nazi Germany's annexation of Czechoslovakia along the countries boarders of many german speaking Czechoslovakians.
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Germany invaded Poland later with the assistance of the Soviets signaling the begining of WWII with both France and Britian declaring war shortly after against Germany.
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The efforts of Britian, France and Belgium to pull tropps out of Europe that were cut off and surrounded by the Germans.
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The Japanese military marched captured American soldiers in the Philippines and were forced to march 80 miles to the prisoner of war camp Camp O'Donnell and approximately 650 american soldiers died before reaching the camp. on of the many war crimes commited by the Japanese during the war.
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The U.S. again broke the Japanese codes and prevented them from taking the U.S. military station of Midway(about 1000 miles from Hawaii) and counterattacked their carrier force. The U.S. Navy eliminated 4 Japanese carriers at the loss of only the U.S. carrier Yorktown nad was on of the turining moments in the Pacific.
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The amphibious invasion of France by the Allies to help take back Europe on three fronts.
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Germany's last finally effort to push the Allies out of Europe.