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Japan was in need of resources to support their industrialization. In order to supply this, they invaded China, as they were abundant in natural resources.
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The world-wide depression had taken a toll on Germany. Hitler promised to restore the economy and was elected chancellor.
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Ethiopia was the only independent African nation after the scramble for Africa. Mussolini's Italy took it upon themselves to invade Ethiopia and add it to their empire.
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Hitler claimed that the German population within the SUdetenland was being mistreated. The Munich Conference was an event in which the leaders of Great Britain and France allowed the SUdetenland to be annexed to Germany.
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Kristallnacht was a night where Nazis attacked Jewish property. It is also called Night of broken glass, because of the amount of damage done.
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Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed a nonaggression pact which eliminated threats. This pact was later broken when Germany invaded the Soviet Union.
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Germany invaded Poland. Two days later, Britain and France declared war on Germany.
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The Battle of Britain was between Britain and Germany, and can be described by daily German bomb raids on Britain. it began in September of 1940 and ended in May of 1941.
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France was invaded by Germany through the Maginot Line. The French assumed that the system of forts found within the Maginot Line would hold off the Germans
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Hitler broke the Non-Aggression pact and invaded Russia. Germans were not well prepared for the Russian conditions and lost the battle; this was a turning point as the Allies began to persevere.
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America did not condone of Japan's invasion China, and protested by refusing to sell Japan scrap metals and oil. Japan responded by bombing Pearl Harbor, which was where the US's naval fleet was located. They destroyed eight battleships and more than 300 planes.
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Led by general Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Allies invaded France. They liberated France from their Nazi regime.
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The axis powers had lost and the Allies had won the war. Victory in Europe day was declared in Berlin by the Americans and Soviets.
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The Japanese had shown no signs of giving up. Harry Truman decided that the quickest way to end the war would be to drop the Atomic bomb on Japan.
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Japan had not surrendered after the first atomic bomb was dropped, so the US bombed them again. Japan then finally agreed to cease fighting.
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Japan surrendered after after the atomic bombings, ending WWII. Victory in Japan was declared.
