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japanese invasion of manchuria
Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident. The Japanese established a puppet state, called Manchukuo, and their occupation lasted until the end of World War II. Importance: Led to a boycott of raw materials for Japan, -
hitler made chancelor
hitler made chancelor Importance: He began WW2, and led the germans into war. -
Anschluss
the political union of Austria and Germany. Importance: it furthured Hitler's goal of uniting german people. -
kristallnacht
almost 200 synagogues were destroyed, over 8,000 Jewish shops were sacked and looted, and tens of thousands of Jews were removed to concentration camps. Importance: revealed the savagry of hitler. -
Invasion of Poland
The action by Germany that began World War II in 1939. Germany invaded Poland only days after signing the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact, under which the Soviet Union agreed not to defend Poland from the east if Germany attacked it from the west. Britain and France, which had pledged to protect Poland from German attack, soon declared war on Germany. Imporatnce: action that began ww2 -
dunkirk
A city of northern France on the North Sea. In World War II more than 330,000 Allied troops were evacuated from its beaches in the face of enemy fire. Imporatnce: saved the lives of allied troops. -
attack on pearl harbor
surprise attack by Japan on the U.S. naval base and other military installations. Importance: enraged americans to fight in ww2. -
Bataan Death March
surrender of the Bataan Peninsula on the main Philippine island of Luzon to the Japanese during World War II, the approximately 75,000 Filipino and American troops on Bataan were forced to make an arduous 65-mile march to prison camps. Importance: largest surrender in american history. -
Battle of Midway
naval battle of World War II; American planes based on land and on carriers decisively defeated a Japanese fleet on its way to invade the Midway Islands Importance: turning point in the war, led to america's victory. -
d-day
Allied forces began the invasion of France in World War II Importance: largest amphibious assult in history. -
Battle of the Bulge
major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe. Importance: last german offensive. -
yalta conference
meeting of British prime minister Winston Churchill, Soviet premier Joseph Stalin, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Importance: led to massive desisions to change the war. -
v e day
public holiday to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. Imporantce: marked the end of the majority of ww2 -
bombing of hiroshima
Hiroshima was almost completely destroyed by the first atomic bomb ever dropped on a populated area. Followed by the bombing of Nagasaki, on August 9, this show of Allied strength hastened the surrender of Japan in World War II. Importance: forced japan to submit to america's might -
j day
the Allies announced the surrender of Japanese forces during World War II. Impoirtance: the end of ww2
