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Japan invades Manchuria, a province of China.
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Germany invades the Rhineland (land given to FRance after WWI)
Nazi leader Adolf Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Pact by sending German military forces into the Rhineland, a demilitarized zone along the Rhine River in western Germany. -
On October 3, 1935, Italy attacked Ethiopia without a declaration of war. Four days later, the League of Nations declared Italy an aggressor, but as usual, took no action against the country
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1939- Spanish Civil War, fascists take control
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-1938- Hitler annexed (took control of) Austria
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-the soviet Union and Nazi Germany
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-September 1, 1939-The German invasion of Poland
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“A date that will live in infamy.”
Sneak attack in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
353 japanese war planes
2400 Americans killed, most warplanes destroyed, 19 ships damaged or sunk
U.S declares war on japan germany and italy declare war on U.S -
March 18th 1942- japanese internment camps begins
Approximately 110,000 japanese sent to war relocations camps
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April 18 1942
First air raid by the U.S to strike the japanese Home islands during WWII
morale boost
opportunity for U.S retaliation
planned and led by lieutenant colonel james “jimmy” Doolittle
cast doubt in japan on the ability of the japanese military leaders -
Major naval battle
Japanese Navy vs. Allied naval and air forces from the U.S. and Australia
More Allied ships sunk, but Japanese fleet is turned back for the 1st time -
June 4-5, 1942
Turning point in the war
1st decisive victory for the U.S. against Japan
Americans intercepted Japanese code
The U.S. Pacific Fleet surprised the Japanese forces.
sunk the four Japanese carriers that had attacked Pearl Harbor.
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August 7, 1942 – 1st U.S. amphibious landing of Marines in the Solomon Islands.
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August 21, 1942 - U.S. Marines repulse first major Japanese ground attack on Guadalcanal.
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February 16, 1945 - U.S. Troops recapture the Philippines.
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February 19, 1945 - U.S. Marines invade Iwo Jima.
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April 1, 1945 - The final amphibious landing of the war on Okinawa.
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April 12, 1945 – FDR dies, succeeded by Harry S. Truman.
Truman learns of the Manhattan Project -
project to develop the first atomic weapon during WWII; involving the US, UK, and Canada employed more than 130,000 people and cost $2 billion 6/16/45- first detonation los alamos, NM
code name: "TRINITY" -
first atomic bomb named little boy is dropped on hiroshima
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second bomb named "Fat man" is dropped on Nagasaki
currently the last city in the world to be subject to neclear warfare -
Japanese accept unconditional surrender; Gen. MacArthur i sappointed to head the occupation forces in japan
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formal japanese surender ceremony on board the MISSOURI in Tokyo bay as 1000 carrier-based planes fly overhead; president Truman declare VJ (Victory over Japan) Day
