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After a series of diplomatic initiatives backed by the threat of physical force, Hitler invaded Poland.

Italy, having bullied Ethiopia earlier, attacked in North Africa.

After being involved in a war with China, Japan made a preemptive attack on Pearl Harbor in an effort to knock the US out of the conflict, while Japan attacked the Philippines, the South Pacific islands, Indochina, the Dutch East Indies and Burma.

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