Axis vs. Allied: The main Axis Powers were Germany, Japan, and Italy. The main Allied Powers were the U.S., G.B., U.S.S.R., China, *France.
German Invasion of Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway: Within a few months, Germany invaded and conquered all of these countries.
German Invasion of France: Germany went around the Maginot Line through Belgium and conquered France.
Battle of Britain: The Royal Air Force put up a great fight against the German Luftwaffe, so Hitler turned to night-bombing only.
Japanese Invasion of French Indochina: Japan conquered French Indochina, but the U.S. stopped providing goods to Japan. Japan started running out of resources, and decided to attack the U.S.
German Invasion of USSR: Germany invades the U.S.S.R., the U.S.S.R. was way too big for Germany to conquer. They tried to take over Leningrad, Moscow, and Stalingrad; Germany felt that if they could conquer these three cities they would have no problem taking over the rest of Russia.
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Neutrality Act of 1935:
The Neutrality Act of 1935 was created on August 31, 1935 as an act that created a ban on the trading of arms and ammunition to any country from the United States during a war. It also said that any U.S. citizen on a war ship traveled at their own risk.
Backdoor to War Conspiracy:
Is the the theory that the United States military knew beforehand that the Japanese were going to attack Pearl Harbor. It is said that the U.S. had already broken Japanese codes and detected Japanese transmissions about the attack.There were also statements by Vice Admiral Frank E. Beatty and Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson saying that the U.S. had in essence forced the Japanese to attack the U.S.
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