world war 2

By cole.kiefer

  • When Japan invaded China

    blamed Chinese nationalists for the incident and used the opportunity to retaliate and invade Manchuria

  • The Anschluss

    a political or economic union, esp the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany

  • invasion of poland

    Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union divided the country in accordance with a secret protocol to the German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

  • The Neutrality Act of 1939

    After a fierce debate in Congress, in November of 1939, a final Neutrality Act passed. This Act lifted the arms embargo and put all trade with belligerent nations under the terms of “cash-and-carry.” The ban on loans remained in effect, and American ships were barred from transporting goods to belligerent ports

  • The Fall of France

  • battle of Britain

  • US Oil Embargo on Japan

  • The attack on Pearl Harbor

  • The Bataan Death March

    the captives were beaten, shot, bayoneted, and, in many cases, beheaded

  • Battle of Stalingrad

  • Battle of Midway Island

  • D-Day (Operation Overlord)

  • Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki

  • Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima

  • The Yalta Conference

  • V-E Day

  • Invasion of Czechoslovakia

    in order to provoke a German reaction