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Treaty of Versailles
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Japan Withdraws From the League of Nations
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Germany Withdraws From the League of Nations
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Hitler Takes Over Germany
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Neville Chamberlain Becomes British Prime Minister
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Japan Invades China (Sino-Japanese War Begins)
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Germany Invades; Annexes Austria
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Kristallnacht (Night of the Broken Glass); Thousands of Synagogues and Jewish Businesses Destroyed Throughout Germany
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Signing of the Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact
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The War Officially Begins (Germany attacks Poland)
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Britain and France Declare War on Germany
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Russia and Japan Sign a Peace Treaty
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Polish Campaign Ends (Poland Surrenders)
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Finnish-Soviet War begins
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League of Nations Expels the Soviet Union
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Russo-Finnish war ends (Finland Loses)
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Neville Chamberlain Resigns as British Prime Minister (Winston Churchill Replaces)
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Battle of France
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Italy Declares War on Britain and France
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Germany Begins Blitz of Britain
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Germany, Italy, and Japan sign Tripartite Pact
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US Congress Passes Lend-Lease Act
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Battle of Moscow Begins
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Attack on Pearl Harbor by Japanese
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USA Declares War on Japan
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Germany and Italy Declare War on USA
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Battle of Moscow Ends (Russians Win)
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Battle of Midway
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Mussolini Resigns
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Italy Surrenders to the Allies
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Italy Declares War on Germany
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D-Day
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Woodrow Wilson Dies (Harry Truman Takes Over)
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Battle of Berlin
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Mussolini Assassinated
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Hitler Commits Suicide
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V-E Day (Germany Surrenders)
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USA Drops Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan
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USA Drops Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki, Japan
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War Ends (Japanese Surrender)