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japanese invasion of manchuria
The Japanese invasion of Manchuria began on 18 September 1931, when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria -
hitler appointed chancellor of germany
On January 30, 1933, President Paul von Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler, leader or führer of the National Socialist German Workers Party (or Nazi Party), as chancellor of Germany. -
nanking massacre/rape of nanking
The Nanjing Massacre or the Rape of Nanjing was an episode of mass murder and mass rape committed by Imperial Japanese troops against the residents of Nanjing. -
munich conference
The Munich Agreement was an agreement concluded at Munich on 30 September 1938, by Germany, the United Kingdom, the French Third Republic, and the Kingdom of Italy. -
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kristallnacht
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non-aggression pact is signed
German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, in which the two countries agreed to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years. -
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germany's invasion of poland/blitzkrieg
blitzkrieg describes the successful tactics used by Nazi Germany in the early years of World War II, as German forces swept through Poland, Norway, Belgium, Holland and France with astonishing speed and force. -
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fall of paris
was a military battle that took place during World War II from 19 August 1944 until the German garrison surrendered the French capital on 25 August 1944. -
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dunkirk
when 330,000 Allied troops had to be evacuated from the beaches in northern France in a desperate retreat under enemy fire. -
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the blitz
intense bombing campaign undertaken by Nazi Germany against the United Kingdom during World War II -
selective training and service act is passed
It required all men between the ages of 21 and 45 to register for the draft -
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operation barbarossa
the German invasion of the Soviet Union, which was launched on June 22, 1941. The failure of German troops to defeat Soviet forces in the campaign signaled a crucial turning point in the war. -
japanese attack on pearl harbor
arbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii. -
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bataan death march
, march in the Philippines of some 66 miles that 76,000 prisoners of war (66,000 Filipinos, 10,000 Americans) were forced by the Japanese military to endure in April 1942, during the early stages of World War II. -
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battle of midway
The Battle of Midway was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that took place on 4–7 June 1942, six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor -
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battle of stalingrad
Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia. -
D-Day
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. -
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battle of the bulge
was a major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II -
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Yalta conference
was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe. -
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battle of iwo jima
was 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 during World War II. -
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battle of okinawa
was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Army and United States Marine Corps forces against the Imperial Japanese Army. -
hitler commits suicide
Adolf Hitler commits suicide by swallowing a cyanide capsule and shooting himself in the head. -
VE Day
is the day celebrating the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Germany’s unconditional surrender of its armed forces on Tuesday, 8 May 1945, marking the end of World War II in Europe. -
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dropping the atomic bombs
the United States dropped its first atomic bomb from a B-29 bomber plane called the Enola Gay over the city of Hiroshima, Japan. the Japanese did not immediately surrender, the United States dropped a second atomic bomb three days later on the city of Nagasaki. -
VJ day
marks the end of World War II, one of the deadliest and most destructive wars in history. When President Harry S. Truman announced on Aug. 14, 1945, that Japan had surrendered unconditionally, war-weary citizens around the world erupted in celebration.