eat Britain and France allied to declare war on Germany" ("World War II (era), 1928-1945"). Germany didn't stop there. In June 1941 Hitler ordered an invasion of the U.S.S.R. Soviet leader Joseph Stalin responded by joining the Allies ("World War II (era), 1928-1945"). Germany swept through Europe with much ferocity and soon controlled large sums of territories. Japan came into play as well.
             "In the pacific theatre, Japan also enjoyed a string of military success. By 1941 it occupied Indochina, and over the course of the next few years it assumed control of the Dutch East Indies, the Philippines, Singapore, and Burma. In December 1941, however, Japan would make a fundamental miscalculation when it bombe
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