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Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria right after the Mukden Incident -
In January of 1933, Adolf Hitler became in charge of Germany. Not by force but by fair election. -
This was a mass killing and ravaging of Chinese men and women by Japanese soldiers -
At this conference, it was decided that Germany could have certain territories in Czechoslovakia as long as they didn't take anything else even though eventually Hitler got greedy and took a lot of the places he said he wouldn't -
Also known as the night of broken glass
Nazis went around breaking windows and doors to Jewish businesses and homes during WW2 -
This was a treaty between german and Soviet countries in which both countries agreed to have no military actions taken against the other for 10 years -
Also known as the September campaign
Nazi Germany and Communist Soviet Union invaded Poland -
330,000 allied troops evacuated from the beaches of Northern France in a desperate retreat under enemy fire -
Also known as the Battle of France was the German invasion of France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands during WW2 -
This was a German bombing campaign against the United Kingdom during WW2
Originated from the work Blitzkrieg, a German word for "Lightning war" -
This was a bill signed into law that all men between the ages of 21 and 35 register for the selective service so that if the government needed to they could select men to go to war if there weren't enough -
Planned by Adolf Hitler
The code name for the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union -
The Japanese soldiers wanted to take out the US naval forces so they bombed Pearl Harbor as a way to do so. The US came back stronger than expected -
Japanese soldiers forced over 76,000 captured Allied soldiers to march 80 miles or more across the Bataan territory
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A Naval battle fought mainly by aircraft with the US Navy destroying the Japanese first line of defense almost instantly
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A battle between Nazi Germany and Communist Soviet Union
Stalingrad was a huge industrial win for either country that were to beat the other in battle -
On this day the Allied forces began their invasion of France.
Biggest Land-Sea battle -
Major land battle in WW2 placed in Europe.
Considered one of the greatest battles ever fought by United States Military -
A ww2 meeting where the US, Soviet Union, Germany, France, and United Kingdom met to discuss Postwar and what would happen to Germany and Europe
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Another island the united states were trying to take over using the island-hopping strategy.
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"Operation iceberg"
A major battle fought in the Pacific war during WW1
US was trying to use a new strategy called "Island Hopping" in hopes to get to Japan and defeat their soldiers and win the war -
Hitler decided he would rather be taken dead than alive when they found out the horrible things he was doing to the jews, communists, and other people he discriminated against in his concentration camps -
Victory in Europe day
On this day in 1945 Germany officially surrendered to the allied powers which in turn lead to the Allies winning world war 2 -
President Truman dropped the atomic bombs "fat man" and "little boy" on Japan in hopes to end WW1 -
Victory over Japan Day
A huge day in American history. Japanese men who fought in the war were considered brave and honorable for dying at war for their country so when the US got them to surrender it was a huge deal to everybody.
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