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japanese invasion of manchuria
The Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident. -
hitler appointed chancellor of gemany
he was given power by the people. -
nanking massacre/ rape of nanking
mass-scale random murder, wartime rape, looting, and arson committed by the Imperial Japanese Army against the residents of Nanjing. -
munich conference
settlement reached by Germany, Great Britain, France, and Italy that permitted German annexation of the Sudetenland, in western Czechoslovakia. -
kristallnacht
Nazi leaders unleashed a series of pogroms against the Jewish population. -
non-aggression pact is signed
Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union surprised the world by signing the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact -
germany's invasion of poland/ blitzkrieg
Germany invaded Poland to regain lost territory and ultimately rule their neighbor to the east. -
dunkirk
Dunkirk is a small town on the coast of France that was the scene of a massive military campaign during World War II. -
fall of paris
Paris fell to Nazi Germany on June 14, 1940, one month after the German Wehrmacht stormed into France -
the blitz
a German bombing campaign against the United Kingdom in 1940 and 1941, during the Second World War. -
selective training and service act
required all men between the ages of 21 and 45 to register for the draft. -
operation barbarossa
code name for the German invasion of the Soviet Union -
japanese attack on pearl harbor
japan staged a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, decimating the US Pacific Fleet -
bataan death march
26.2-mile march/run is conducted at the White Sands Missile Range -
battle of midway
major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II. -
battle of stalingrad
Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia. The battle was marked by fierce close-quarters combat and direct assaults on civilians in air raids. -
battle of iwo jima
a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps and Navy landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army -
D-day
The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. -
battle of bulge
Ardennes Offensive was a major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II -
yalta conference
meeting of three World War II allies: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin. -
battle of okinawa
the major battle of the Pacific War was fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Army and the United States Marine Corps forces against the Imperial Japanese Army. -
adolf hitler commits suicide
Soviet forces near his command bunker in central Berlin on April 30, 1945, Adolf Hitler commits suicide. Berlin falls to the Soviets within days. -
ve day
Victory in Europe Day is the day celebrating the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces -
dropping the atomic bomb
the time when the first nuke was dropped on japan. -
vj day
Victory over Japan Day is the day on which Imperial Japan surrendered in World War II, in effect bringing the war to an end.