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People recognized that he is good at speaking in front of people. He spoke to a crowd of 6 thousand in Munich once.
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He was the founder of Italian Facism
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he was the general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union,
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the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident.
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Was very popular and sometimes the face of propaganda.
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America realised that it's participation in ww1 was a huge mistake and didn't plan to be in ww2. America pursued strategies to keep out of war and avoid it. (though we kind of needed it)
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Was a clear demonstration of the ineffectiveness of the League of Nations
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Militarism began rising then finally, they built up their armies.
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Was the first time since ww1 that Germany was present in this area. Germany was pursuing a policy of aggression towards Eastern Europe.
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A long episode of mass murder and mass rape conducted by Japanese troops all over Nanjing, China.
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Sudetenland was handed over to Germany by other countries that feared war, despite Czechoslovakia's protests.
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Mass deportations led to mass killing and murders. People we sent away in little boxcars, shoved in by the 100s
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Hitler used the pact to attack Poland unopposed. There was also a secret agreement between the soviets and the Germans about how europe was to be divided between them.
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Britain and France declare war on Germany in response to Germany's invasion on Poland.
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Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium are now under Nazi conrtol
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France is invaded by Germany and is forced to surrender
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Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island.
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Required men 21 and older to register for war. This allowed them to be drafted.
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USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans. Don't trust Germany.
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Meeting was called in response to Germany's recent actions.
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Was to prevent the Republic of China from importing goods through france.
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US declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy declare war on the US on Dec. 9th.
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62% were Japanese-Americans
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Which led to the Bataan Death march.
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Major turning point war in the Pacific
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They stopped it to save Moscow from peril
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America and Britain finally stop opposing forces
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A series of racist attacks during June Mexican Americans and European American servicemen.
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Mussolini is demoted
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Happens at Normandy by Allies "The Western Allies of World War II launched the largest amphibious invasion in history when they assaulted Normandy" Wikipedia
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Paris is taken back from Germany
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Was overran bay Japanese for the first half of the war, the American-Filipino campaign was to defeat and expel Japanese forces there.
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Started in a forest, catching allied forces completely by surprise. Made the highest casualties so far in the war.
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FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President. FDR's cause of death was a stroke during vacation. A major turning point with the US's relations with the Soviet Union
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War ends in Europe with a surrender of Axis powers. Germany's surrender is accepted. A week later, Adolf Hitler commits suicide. Europe celebrates end of WW2.
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An attempt to invade Japan would only be retaliated by an atomic bomb from Japan. Thus, American bomber, Enola Gay, dropped one on Hiroshima, the largest Japanese island.
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Japan surrenders to Allied Forces, finally ending all of WW2. Everyone is celebrating.
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Held in Nuremberg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.
