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League of Nations condemns this attack, which then leads to Japan's withdrawal from the League
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Appointed by the President of the Weimar Republic
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League of Nations supports sanctions against Italy, but never follow through with them
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League of Nations denounces the move as a violation of the Treaty of Versailles, but take no action
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Japanese murdered over 200,000 people in the "Rape of Nanjing"
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Munich Pact is signed and Germany gains the Czech territory
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Despite Munich Pact previously made Hitler still invades
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signed a non aggression pact which included information about Poland
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Hitler gets control of Poland
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Turns into a "phoney war" because military actions is never taken
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Broke the British naval blockade on Germany
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Hitler launches lightning war on Holland and Belgium, both were occupied and Rotterdam was bombed to extinction
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joined war looking for post war money
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France and Britain are out of war and give Germany more control
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Alliance with Germany, Italy, and Japan
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Russians did not expect the attack because of the Treaty, with Germany in 1939. Stalin immediately signed a mutual assistance treaty with Britain and started an Eastern front battle that was responsible for 20 million casualties. The USA, which had been supplying arms to Britain under a ‘Lend-Lease’ agreement, offered similar aid to USSR.
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The Japanese, who were already waging war against the Chinese, attacked the US pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, as a preliminary to taking British, French and Dutch colonies in South East Asia.
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The USA defeated the Japanese navy at the Battle of Midway. Following this victory, the US navy was able to push the Japanese back.
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Mussolini had been thrown out of office and the new government of Italy surrendered to the British and the USA. They then agreed to join the allies. The Germans took control of the Italian army, freed Mussolini from imprisonment and set him up as head of a puppet government in Northern Italy. This blocked any further allied advance through Italy.
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The allies launched an attack on Germany’s forces in Normandy, Western France. Thousands of transports carried an invasion army under the supreme command of general Eisenhower to the Normandy beaches. The Germans who had been fed false information about a landing near Calais, rushed troops to the area but were unable to prevent the allies from forming a solid bridgehead. For the allies it was essential to first capture a port.
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Italian partisans captured Mussolini and executed him.
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