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Mussolini becomes Prime Minister of Italy
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Stalin declared leader of the Soviet Union after Lenin dies of a stroke
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Japanese invasion of Manchuria begins.
Some regard this as the start of the Second World War. -
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Japanese Invasion of Manchuria
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Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
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FDR become President of the United States
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Non-agression pact between Germany and Russia is signed
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Germany begins invading Poland, WWII begins
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Period: to
German invasion of Poland
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Phoney War begins.
UK and France declare war on Germany, but nothing happens. -
Lend-Lease Act passed in United States
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Hideki Tojo becomes Prime Minister of Japan.
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Japan attacks at Pearl Harbor.
United States goes to war with the Axis Powers. -
Hitler commits suicide.
