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The Japanese invaded this part of China for its materials and resources at the end of WW1. -
Adolf Hitler was voted into chancellor, did not force the decision upon others. -
Japanese soldiers invaded Nanking, and raped and killed everyone there. -
More than 338,000 British and French soldiers were rescued. -
Was an attempt by Neville Chamberlain to avoid war with Germany. -
The first day in which Jews were persecuted by Nazis. -
Germany and the Soviet Union joined forces under the non-aggression pact. In which Hitler eventually disregarded. -
A fast way of mobilizing troops and quickly capturing territory. -
Nazi Germany took Paris in just 6 weeks of war. -
Germany bombed and bombed London trying to take control of England. They were unsuccessful. -
This marked the first peacetime draft for the United States. -
The surprise German invasion of the Soviet Union. -
Japanese bombers bombed the US Naval base of Pearl Harbor, severely damaging the US sea superiority. -
Filipino and American soldiers surrendered to the Japanese at the southern end of the Bataan peninsula. They were forced to walk a 26-mile stretch in extreme conditions. -
A major naval battle in the Pacific. -
The Soviet Army inflicted massive casualties upon the German Army. -
The American Marines landed on the shores of Normandy. This battle was brutal and significant losses happened to both sided. -
This was the last launch of the German offensive. -
The meeting of all powers to decide what should happen with Germany. -
This battle secured an island for the Allied forces. It cost the Japanese around 21,000 soldiers, and the United States marines around 7,000 soldiers. -
A major battle fought on the island of Okinawa -
Adolf Hitler committed suicide in his bunker in the city of Berlin on April 30, 1945 -
This was the day when Germany surrendered. -
The United States dropped 2 nuclear warheads on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The death toll from these bombs was significant. -
The day the Japanese surrendered ending WW2.