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Japan Invades Manchuria
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Appeasment-end of World War II
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Neutrality Acts of the US
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Italy Takes Over Ethiopia
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Hitler Enters France/Rhineland
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Anschluss of Austria
This was also know as the union of Austria and Germany. The Anschluss violated the versailles treaty and created a breif war scare. -
Munich Conference
At the Munich conference British and French leaders chose appeasment. They persuaded the Czechs to surrender the Sudetenland to Germany. -
Hitler Takes Over Czechoslovakia
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Nazi-Soviet Pact
Hitler and Stalin announced a non-agression pact. they decided to divide up Poland and other parts of Eastern Europe between them. -
Invasion of Poland
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Genesis of World War II
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Hitler Launches Blitzkrieg on Norway and Belgium
The blitzkrieg used improved tank and airpower technology to strike against the enemy Poland. This was also known as "lightning war." -
Hitler Slams the 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
Operation Sea Lion was the invasion of Britain. In preperation Hitler launched air strikes against the nation. -
Axis Powers Take Over North Africa and the Balkans
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Operation Sea Lion and Blitz on London
High explosives and firebombs were dropped across the capital of London. The bombing lasted 57 nights in a row. -
Operation Sea Lion Fails
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Hitler Enacts Operation Barbarossa
Hitler nullified the Natzi-Soviet Pact by invading the Soviet Union. Hitler did this for the vast resources that the Soviet Union had. -
Germany Seige of Leningrad (Russia)
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Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor
A surprise attack on the American fleet at Pearl Harbor. It destroyed battleships and aircrafts. This was the reason for American involvment in World War II. -
The United States Declares War on Japan
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Germany and Italy declare war on the United States
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Japan Looses the Battle of the Coral Sea (island hopping campaign)
Also known as the island hopping campaign the US defeated island to island to get closer to Japan. -
Japan loses the Battle of Midway
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The "Big Three" Meet
FDR, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin met and agreed to focus on finishing the war in Europe before trying to end the war in Asia. -
Hitler Launches New Offensive on Stalingrad
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Germans Surrender at Stalingrad
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Allies Seize North Africa
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Italians surrender to Allies
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Kamikaze Missions
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Yalta Conference
The "Big Three" agreed agreed to enter in a war with Japan within 3 months of Germanys surrender. -
D-Day Assault
Just before midnight, allied planes dropped paratroopers on enemy territory. At dawn thousands of shipes sailed Allied troops across the English Channel. This was the US's plan to invade France in order to get closer to Germany. -
Battle of the Bulge
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Cold War Begins
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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, Harry Truman Becomes President
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Charter of the United Nations
The UN would play a greater role in world affairs. -
Hitler Commits Suicide
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Germany Surrenders
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V-E Day
The war ended the day before this. They call this day Victory in Europe. -
First Test of the Manhattan Project/Truman Warns Japan to Surrender
Manhattan Project was code name for the Atomic Bomb. Allied scientists and some German and Italian refugees conducted this research. The successfully tested the first bomb in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Truman warned Japan they should surrender but they refused. -
United States Drops A-Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The A-Bomb was first dropped on Hiroshima. When Japan still refused to surrender the US droped another one on Nagasaki. -
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
This document was written to try to contain comunisn and keep it from spreading across the country. -
The Division of Germany
The soviets were angery at the Western's decision to rebuild the German economy and refuse to give them further reparations. -
Marshall Plan Enacted
This plan was used to strengthen democracy so they could beat communism. The US offered money and aid to help countries restabalize and bounce back. -
The Berlin Airlift
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NATO Signed
Countries agreed and pledged to help eachother if any one of them were attacked. -
Warsaw Pact
The Soviet' s own union in response to NATO.
