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Japan begin takeover of Manchuria, which is later renamed Manchukuo.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) is elected president of the United States.
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Hindenburg appoints Hitler chancellor of Germany.
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FDR implements the beginning of the New Deal with the Hundred Days
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Several thousand Americans attend a pro-Nazi rally in Queens. New York.
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In Germany, 30,000 are now interned.
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In Germany, the first Nuremberg Laws are passed revoking citizenship from Jews and prohibiting them from marrying non-Jews.
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Spanish Civil War begins
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Japan and Germany sign Anti-Comiterm Pact.
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FDRs Quarantine Speech calls for international cooperation against aggression.
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Germany signs military agreement with Japan.
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Jews eliminated from the economy in Germany. Their assets can be seized.
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Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact announced in Moscow.
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Germany invades Poland from the west.
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In Poland, the process of moving the Jewish population into ghettos begins.
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German troops invade Denmark and Norway.
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British forces land in Norway.
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Germans occupy Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Russo-Japanese neutrality pact signed.
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Rationing in the United States begins with auto tires.
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The United States first attacks the Japanese by air.
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German surrender in Tunisia.
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Allied landings south of Rome in Anzio
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Americans enter Manila: Yalta Conference
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Americans capture Nuremberg.
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Atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima.