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  Japan invades Manchuria.
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  Fascist Italy invades, conquers, and annexes Ethiopia.
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  US troops cross the Rhine River at Remagen.
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  Having agreed in principle to unconditional surrender on August 14, 1945, Japan formally surrenders, ending World War II.