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fascist party rises to power in italy
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nazi party rises to power in germony
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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, but fails and is imprisoned
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japans economy worsens as a resalt of the great depression
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amarica passes a series of nutrality acts saying that the us would withhold weapns and loans from all nations at war
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japans army seizes manchuria
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japans military takes over government
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nazi party is the largest political party in germanys reichstag and hitler becomes head of the german state
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mussolini and italy invade ethiopia
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hitler signs and alliance with mussolini, forming the axis powers
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hitler annexes austria
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german troops invade the rhineland
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hitler demands the sudetenland britain and france agree in the munich conference
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hitler annexes czechoslakia
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fdr moves amarican pacific fleet from san diego to pearl harbor
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britain and france pledge support to poland in the event that it is invaded by germany
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hitler invades poland- blitzkrieg
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france and great britain declare war on germony
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japan controls most of eastern china
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amarica first committee forms to fight for amarican isolationism
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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 and italy
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congress authorizes the first peacetime draft in the nations history
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roosevelt is reelected to a third term
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german begins bombing england/battel of britain
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lend lease act
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japanese forces occupy indochina us freezes japans amarican assets and cut off trade
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japan signs neutrality pact with sovit union
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japanese fleet begins moving tword southeast asia us demands that japan withdraw from tripartite pact
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amarican military base pearl harbor is attacked by japanese warplanes
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united states declare war on japan
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german raids on england end
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germany and itily declare war on amarica