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Fasict 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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Mussolini is appointed Prime Minister of Italy
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Hitler tries to overthrow German Government
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Japan's economy worsens as a result of the Great Depression
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America passes a series of Neutraility Acts
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Japan's army seizes Manchuria
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Japan's military takes over Goverment
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Nazi Party is the largest political party in Germany's Reichstag
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Mussolini & Italy invade Ethiopia
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Hitler signs and alliance with Mussolini, forming Axis Powers
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German troops invade 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 Sudetenland
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Hitler annexes Czchoslovakia
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Britain & France pledge support to Poland in the event that it is invaded by Germany
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Hitler inades Poland
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Japn controls most of eastern China
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America First Committee forms to fight for American isolationism
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Land-Lease Act
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Sitzkrieg ends
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Germany launches blitzkrieg on Belgium
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German troops enter Paris and France surrenders
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Japan allies with Germany & Italy - Tripartite Pact
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Congress authorizes the 1st peacetime draft in the nation's history-Selective Servuce Act
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France and Great Britian deckare war on Germany
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Roosevelt is reelected to a third term
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German begins bombing England/ Battle of Britain
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Japan signs neutrality pact Soviet Union
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Japanese forces occupy Indochina
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Japanese fleet begins moving toward Southest Asia
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German raids on England 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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Garmany and Italy decalre war on the United States