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Japan Invades Manchuria
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From Appeasement to the end of the war.
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Neutrality Acts of the US
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Italy takes over Ethiopia
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Hitler enters France
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Anschluss of Austria
Union of Austira and Germany. It violated the versiles treaty and created a brief war scare. -
Munich Conference
Germany,Britain, and France leaders again chose appeasement. They convince sudden land. -
Hitler take over Czechoslovakia
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Nazi Soviet Pact
Hitler and Stalin came to a peaceful treaty to not fight and divide up Polad -
Invasion of Poland
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Genesis of WWII
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Hitler Launches Blitzkrieg on Norway and Belgium
A series of bombings against Norway and Denmark. -
Hitler slams netherlands and Belgium
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Germany enters France
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France falls
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Operation Sea Lion and Blitz on London
Plans for an invasion of Britain with launches of massive air strikes against the Island nation. -
Axis powers take over North Africa and the Balkans
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Operation Sea Lion Fails
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Hitler enacts Operation Barbarossa
Plan took name from medieval Germany leader Frederick Barbarossa. Operation Barbarossa's failure led to Hitler's demands for further operations inside the USSR. -
Germany's Siege of Leningrad
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Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor
Japanese air planes bombed the American float at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. It took 2460 lives and destroyed battle ships and air crafts. -
U.S declares war on Japan.
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Germany and Italy declare war on the US.
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Japan loses the Battle of the Coral Sea
A battle that lasted for 5 days. For the first time, the enemy ships never saw each other. Attacks were carried out planes launched out from aircraft carriers. -
Japan loses the Battle of Midway
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The "Big Three" Meet
Roosevelt,Churchill, and Stalin agreed to focus on finishing the war in Europe before trying to end the war in Asia. -
Allies Seize North Africa
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Hitler Launches new Offensive on Stalingrad
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Germans Surrender at Stalingrad
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Italins Surrounder to Allies
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Yalta Conference
Metting between Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin where the tree leaders made agreement regarding the end of WW2. -
D-Day Assault
Code name for June 6, 1944, the day that Allied froces invaded France during WW2. -
Kamakazi Missions
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Battle of the Bulge.
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Cold War Begins
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Battle of Iwo Jima
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Battle of Iwo Jima
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British and American Forces Cross Rhine/Battle of Okinawa
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FDR, Dies, Trueman becomes the president
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Hitler commits suicide
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Germany Surrenders
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V-E Day
Victory in Europe Day. The day the Allies won WWII in Europe. -
Charter of the United Nations
Countries formed a world organization to play a greater role in world affairs. -
First test of the Manhattan Project/ Trueman warns Japan to surrender
Trueman become the president after FDR dies. The test of the Manhattan project was successful. Trueman and his advisers decide to use a new weapon against Japan. -
US drops A-Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
America drops an Atomic Bomb over the city of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to force Japan to surrender. -
Japan Surrenders
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Formal peace treaty signed on the American Battleship Missouri
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Nuremberg Trials
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Truman Doctrine Adopted
A doctrine named after president Truman to contain communism. -
Marshall Plan Enacted
To beat communism, the US offered money or aid packages to help countries rebuild. -
The Division of Germany
The Soviets were angry because the Western Allies help rebuild West Germany's economy. The Soviet's controlled East Germany. -
The Berlin Airlift
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NATO Signed
Contries pledged to help one another if any one of them were attacked. -
Warsaw Pact
The Soviet's responded to NATO and formed their own military alliances,
