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Date	August 14, 1941

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Follow the United States' path from isolationism toward joining the Allied powers in World War II

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Germany invades Poland, September 1, 1939, using 45 German divisions and aerial attack. By September 20, only Warsaw held out, but final surrender came on September 29.

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