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Hitler's Control
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when Japan Invaded China
This event was a military conflict that was primarily waged between China and Japan from July 7, 1937, to September 2, 1945. This event began with the Marco Polo Bridge Incident in 1937 in which a dispute between Japanese and Chinese troops escalated into a battle. -
The Anchluss
This event was when Germany took over control of the country of Austria. This led to Germany violating the Treaty of Versailles. -
The Neutrality Act of 1939
This event was designed to avoid American involvement in World War II by preventing loans to those countries taking part in the conflict. This policy was adopted in the US in 1939. -
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Invasion of Poland
The invasion of Poland marked the beginning of World War II. This event started on September 1, 1939. This event was when Germany invaded Poland. "Nazi propagandists falsely claimed that Poland had been planning, with its allies Great Britain and France, to encircle and dismember Germany and that Poles were persecuting ethnic Germans." -
The Fall of France
This event was when the German invaded France and the Low Countries WW2. This event took place on September 3, 1939. After that France declared war on Germany, following the invasion of their ally Poland. -
The Battle of Britain
This event battle was an important battle in World War II. Germany wanted to invade Great Britain, but first, they needed to destroy Great Britain's, Royal Air Force. Germany bombed Great Britain in order to try and destroy their air force and prepare for invasion. -
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The Holocaust
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US Oil Embargo on Japan
The event was when the United State stopped giving Japan gas and Oil. This event led to the attack of Pearla Harbor. -
The Attack on Pearl Harbor
This event was when the Japanese sneak attacked the United State's military base. This attack made the United State enter the WW2 -
The Bataan Death March
This event was when the Japanese forced 76,000 captured Allied soldiers to march about 80 miles across the Bataan Peninsula. This event took place in April of 1942 during World War II. -
Battle of Stalingrad
This battle was the largest confrontation of World War II, in which Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia. This battle was fought in the winter of 1942–1943 and ended with the surrender of the German army. -
Battle of Midway Island
This battle was a naval battle, fought almost entirely with aircraft. In which the United States destroyed Japan's first-line carrier strength and most of its best trained naval pilots. -
D-Day
This event was a battle of Normandy in France. In this battle American, British, and Canadian tried to take over France -
The Yalta Conference
This event was when the allies trying to plane what is after the war/ peace. Stalin did not do anything he promised. -
V-E Day
This event was a Victory in Europe after the Garmany surrendered. This commemorates the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany to the Allied forces in 1945, ending World War II in Europe. -
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
In this event, between 90,000 and 146,000 people died. The US thought the Japanese would surrender after this bomb, but they did not. -
Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
In this event, about 39,000 and 80,000 people were killed. The US dropped the bomb because they thought the Japanese would surrender and the war will end. The Japanese did surrender. -
Invasion of Czechoslovakia
This took place on August 20, 1968. This event was when the Soviet Union led Warsaw Pact troops in an invasion of Czechoslovakia to crack down on reformist trends in Prague.
