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Hitlers plan to divide Eastern Europe began when he sent the German Army across the border into Poland. This was too far for Britain and France, and they officially declared war on Germany, declaring WW2.

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German soldiers get ready to unite German speakers and become a "Greater Germany".

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Hitlers goal to unite all German-speaking people starts with taking over the countries that have German speakers, and creating a Union. Germany marches into its neighboring country Austria, and added over 6 million German speakers to Germany. No countries from the western hemisphere challenged Hitler yet.

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In June of 1940, after Germany conquered countries like Denmark, Norway, and defeated British forces. Germany turns to France and takes over Paris, making France split into two regions under German control. This was major for Germany in the war.

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The Battle of Britain was primarily an air war.

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Germany grew stronger, and now they targeted Britain to get a major win for the war. In the Battle of Britain, Germany and Britain fought for about 4 months, Germany lost the battle but Britain did not come out happy due to lots of lives lost. This led to the United States to move closer to joining the war.

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As China struggles with internal fighting, Japan takes advantage of China's problems and tries to take their first step to become a major power. Japan invades China to try and get the land and resources they lack, Japan ended up taking over all of China and killing around 300,000 civilians.

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In December of 1937, Japanese warplanes sunk a US gunboat in the Yangtze River. President Roosevelt was not happy because 3 Americans died and 30 were wounded, but the matter was resolved when Japan apologized to the US.

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Japan loses out on a ton of oil because of the embargo.

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The Untied States is not happy that Japan continues to try and expand its power on its conquest, and the US has an idea to harm them without fighting. The US cuts off Japan's shipments from them like oil, steel, and machinery that they get from the US and are needed for war. It is called an embargo, meaning companies cannot sell industrial goods to Japan.