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' warships and troops to Shanghai w \ where , here a grave graveconflict graveconflict ; conflIct developedwhen developed when the Chinese Chmese republic at atN atanhmg a aNanking atNanking < ; Nanking N anhmg organized organIzedstrong strongresistance strong resistance The following follow followmg followmg mg year } ) ear Hitlerannexed Hitler Hlter ] < . annexed 1.nne.ed 1nne.ed 1nneed ' . Austna Austlla Austia in m a boodless bloodless boodlessconquest bloodlessconquest bloodlessconquest ] ' conquest Czechoslovakia " was "as as dismemberedGPEAT dismembered dismemberedGP dismemberedI I IGP I GPEAT GP EAT AT bPITAIN D DECLARES CLAR S VARIn WAI.l WAIl WAR VAR WARIn : . In 1939 Italy conqueied conqueled Albania Albama and Polandids Poland Polan < ids \ \ \ IS < is partitioned for the fourth time b } ) Germany Germanyand Germanyand Germanand ) and countryOn Russia after Hitler invaded II1vaded the countr county country ) } On September 3 1939 Prime Pnme \ Minister 1\11l1lSter 1 11l1lSter Cham Chamberlain Chamberlain . berlaln berlain announcedin announced in 111 Parliament that a state oi of ofI ofwar : war \ ar existed e\.lsted e.lsted e .lsted lsted \ . beteen betu bet\\ bet beta \ een eon Gieat Gi eat Britain Bntall1 and Germany GermanyI GermanyIn I In Inovember \ November \ovember ovember of that year Russia mobilIzed mobilIzedtroops mobilizedtroops mobilizedtroops I troops on the Finnish FlI1l11sh border northof north of Lenll1grad Leningrad Lenll1gradand Leningradand Leningradand andwar and \ war \ ar began bet\\ bet between betcen \ \ cen those t\\o t o t0 two t\\ t \ \ \ 0 co intnes mtnes intries intriesOa intnesOn On 0'1 01 Oa ' Decerr Decen-ber Decen ber December - bel ' 8 S 19 1942 . + 2 the United Ul1Ited States de declared dedared dedared clared dared claredVar daredwar \ war \Var Var on Japan This dcclaiation declalatlOn declaiation dcclaiationias declalatlOnas \ \ias ias \\as as pas \ fol folloed followed foilowed lo\\ed lo ed lowed loedImmed lowedimmed \ mimed Immed atel\ atel ateh atelY atelb \ b } ) a declaration ofar ofwar of \ war \\ar ar upon uponGel uponGeimany Gel Geimany uponGeimany many and Ital } ) - I |