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1939-11-04Neutrality Act of 1939

President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the United States Customs Service to implement the Neutrality Act of 1939, allowing cash-and-carry purchases of weapons by belligerents.

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1939-08-31Germany invades Poland

Following a German-staged "Polish attack" on 31 August 1939, on September 1, German forces invaded Poland from the north, south, and west. Spread thin defending their long borders, the Polish armies were soon forced to withdraw eastward.

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1936-07-171939-04-01Spanish Civil War

The Spanish Civil war becomes a test case for modern warfare motivated by extreme left/right ideology.

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1932-01-011934-12-31Geneva disarmament fails

An international Disarmament Conference in Geneva fails to slow military buildup.

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1914-06-281918-11-11World War One

70,000,000 troops are embroiled in one of the most destructive wars in human history, 15,000,000 of them are killed. For the first time on a global scale, the infrastructure of entire nations are mobilized to wage war.

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