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Daladier conf with Gen Gamelin; reservists reptd called
Brit families to leave Hong Kong and Petaiho; Amer and Brit families to leave Tientsin; Wang Ching-wei's nephew assassinated, Hong Kong; Shanghai Internatl Settlement rejects Kinloch incident demands
evacuation of Amers from Eur studied
Undaunted by Chancellor Hitler's coup in announcing the German-Russian non-aggression pact, Britain, France and Poland were united yesterday in a determination to resist force.
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1939World War II: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign the MolotovâRibbentrop Pact. In a secret protocol to the pact, Poland, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Romania are divided into German and Soviet "spheres of influence".[â ]
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks and aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the deadliest conflict in history, causing the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Germany, Austria, Japan, and Korea were occupied, and German and Japanese leaders were tried for war crimes.