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September 18 1931
Japan invades Manchuria. -
8 November 1932
Franklin D. Roosevelt elected President of the United States -
25 March 1933
Japan withdraws from the League of Nations -
1 April 1939
Civil War ends in Spain -
June 10, 1940
Italy enters the war. Italy invades southern France on June 21. -
July 10 1940
The air war known as the Battle of Britain ends in defeat for Nazi Germany. -
September 27 1940
Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact. -
Noveember
The United States tells Japan to get out of China and Indochina.