Major Events of World War 2

By josiah peek

  • Japan invaded Manchuria.

  • the war started

  • Hitler took power

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    japan invaded China

  • Japan invades Nanking (Rape of Nanking)

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    Natzi's fought through Portland, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, and all of france

  • Natzi's bombed Great Britain by air

  • Natzi's invaded Portland

    Cause: Hitler wanted more room for Germany
    Effect: World war 2 started
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    Europeans fighting each other in North Africa

  • America joined the fight

  • Natzi's invaded Russia

    broke the non-aggression pack

  • the Japanes bomb Pearl Harber

  • Japan invades Southeast Asia

    this put Australia and New Zealand n edge

  • Japan attacks Pearl Harber

  • Americans first fight the Natzi's on large scale

  • Battle of Midway

    ended Japan's chance of winning the war

  • The Battle of Stalingrad

    The Germans dropped over 1000 tons of bombs on Stalingrad

  • Germany invades Russia

  • Operation Tourch

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    Battle of Stalingrad

  • The Americans used the stradagy of "island hoping" to gain position on Japan

  • British, American, and Canadian D-day invasion on Norway

    sparked the end of the war

  • Operation Overlord

  • Rome was liberated by Americans and canadians

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    The Battle of Buldge

  • US dropped 1st atomic bomb on hishina

    80,000 dead

  • US dropped 2nd atom bomb

    40,000 dead

  • Germany surrenders

  • Japan formaly surrenders

  • hitler commits suicide

  • Allies declared victory in Europe after Germany surrendered unconditionally