World War II

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  • Japan invades Manchuria ( Pacific)

    Japan invades Manchuria ( Pacific)

    The Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident. At war’s end in February of 1932, the Japanese established the puppet state of Manchukuo
  • Germany invades Poland; WWII begins ( EU )

    Germany invades Poland; WWII begins ( EU )

    German forces under the control of Adolf Hitler bombard Poland on land and from the air. World War II had begun.
  • Lend-Lease Act passed

    Lend-Lease Act passed

    this act set up a system that would allow the United States to lend or lease war supplies to any nation deemed "vital to the defense of the United States.
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    American naval forces defeat the Japanese navy at the Battle of Midway

    The U.S. Navy's decisive victory in the air-sea battle (June 3-6, 1942) and its successful defense of the major base located at Midway Island dashed Japan's hopes of neutralizing the United States as a naval power and effectively turned the tide of World War II in the Pacific
  • Japanese navy defeated at Leyte Gulf; first use of Kamikazes by Japan

    Japanese navy defeated at Leyte Gulf; first use of Kamikazes by Japan

    the Battle of the Leyte Gulf, the Japanese deploy kamikaze (“divine wind”) bombers against American warships for the first time. The first kamikaze force was in fact composed of 24 volunteer pilots from Japan's 201st Navy Air Group

  • Marines raise US flag on Mt. Suribachi during the battle for Iwo Jima

    during the Battle of Iwo Jima (Feb. 19 to March 26), six Marines planted the U.S. flag at the summit of Mount Suribachi. The scene was photographed by journalist Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press and his image soon became famous around the world.

  • Victory in Europe (V-E) Day

  • Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz death camp

    Soviets also overran the sites of the Belzec, Sobibor, and Treblinka killing centers. American forces liberated concentration camps including Buchenwald, Dora-Mittelbau, Flossenbürg, Dachau, and Mauthausen.