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italian invasion of Ethiopia
Mussolini invaded Ethiopia because of his desire for land. Later Revolts broke out killing over 30 thousand ethipians. It is important to know so that other countries do not make the same mistake. -
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War was a major conflict that devastated Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939. Many Jews and muslims were forced to leave the area or convert. -
Rape of Nanjing in China
The Rape of Nanjing was a period of wartime atrocities committed by Japanese forces in the Chinese city of Nanjing in the late 1930s in which hundreds of thousands of Chinese were killed, often quite brutally. -
German annexation of the Sudetenland
Germans marched in and Annexated many of the people of the sudetenland, many were killed and massacred. World war 2 tensions increased -
Germany invasion of Poland!
The treaty of versailles caused many war upsets. Germans were very unhappy with this. Because of this in the mid 30's Poland was invaded by German Nazis. -
France and Great Britian declare war on Gemany
Britain and France had sworn to defend Poland. Honoring these obligations, the two countries sent ultimatums to Hitler demanding his withdrawal from Poland. War is then Declared. -
Pearl Harbor
The Japanese Bombed Pearl harbor, cusing The president to declare war on Japan. This was important because this made the united states join the World War 2. -
El-Alamein
The Battle of El Alamein, fought in the deserts of North Africa, is seen as one of the decisive victories of World War Two. The Battle of El Alamein was primarily fought between two of the outstanding commanders of World War Two, Montgomery, who succeeded the dismissed Auchinleck, and Rommel. The Allied victory at El Alamein lead to the retreat of the Afrika Korps and the German surrender in North Africa in May 1943. -
Guadalcanal
Very important world war 2 battle in which marines took back land. -
Stalingrad
General Friedrich Paulus, the commander of the 6th Army, was ordered to capture Stalingrad, a city that controlled the rail and waterway communications of southern Russia. -
D-Day
Americans landed on the coast of France and massacred many. This was a big turning point of World War 2. -
Philippines ( Battle of Manila)
only struggle by the United States to capture a defended major city in the Pacific War. Manila was one of few major battles waged by the United States on urban terrain in World War II. It is arguably one of the most recent major urban battles conducted by U.S. forces. -
Yalta Conference
European countries united, and tried to collaborate on war peace. The Yalta Conference sometimes called the Crimea Conference was the first meeting of the Big 3. This was the first formal meeting of the Allied leaders after their victory over Germany. -
The end of the war in Europe
In World war 2, this day was known as VE day which ended the war for Europe. -
Dropping of atomic bomb on Nagasaki
After this atomic bomb the japanese surrendered because they were not planning on giving up yesterday. -
The end of the war in Asia
The impact of the war caused many complications especially in China. This cause Asia to have complicated relations for one another. -
Nuremberg Trials
Twenty-four major political and military leaders of Nazi Germany, indicted for aggressive war, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, were brought to trial before the International Military Tribunal. More than 100 additional defendants, representing many sectors of German society, were tried before the United States -
Dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima
The Usa dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima causing many causalties.
