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V-E Day
Victory in Europe Day, generally known as V-E Day, VE Day or simply V Day was the public holiday celebrated on 8 May 1945 (7 May in Commonwealth realms) to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. -
Mussolini and the Fascists come to power in Italy
Mussolini was the founder of fascism. ... Mussolini and his fascist followers consolidated their power through a series of laws that ... Mussolini believed that after the imminent French armistice. -
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Japanese invasion of Manchuria
The Japanese invasion of Manchuria began on September 18, 1931, when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident. The Japanese established a puppet state called Manchukuo, and their occupation lasted until the end of World War II. -
Hilter and Nazis come to power in Germany
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Neutrality Acts passed in the Us
The growing turmoil in Europe and Asia that eventually led to World War 2 -
Munich Conference
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Kristallnacht
A massive coordinated attack on jews throughout the German Reich on the night -
Germany and the USSR sign the non Aggression Pact
Broke out in Europe enemies Nazi Germany and the soviet signied the germany NON Aggression Pact -
Germany invades Poland Beginning of ww2
On this day in 1939, German forces bombard Poland on land and from the air, as Adolf Hitler seeks to regain lost territory and ultimately rule Poland. World War II had begun. -
Battle of the Atlantic
The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest battle of World War II -
France falls to Germany
May 10, 1940 Germany begins invasions of Belgium, the Netherlands, and France -
Resuce at Dunkirk
The Dunkirk evacuation, code-named Operation Dynamo, also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, was the evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, France, between 27 May and 4 June 1940, during World War II. -
Formation of the Axis powers
The Germay . Italy ans Japan signed the Tripartite pact become know as the Axiz alliance -
PresidentaI election of 1940
Frankin d he was the Democratic with votes of 449 and Wendell wikile was the Republican with 82 votes. -
Congress passes the Lend Lease Act
signed the Lend-Lease bill into law on 11 March 1941. It permitted him to "sell, transfer title to, exchange, lease, lend, or otherwise -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
On December 7, 1941, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. -
Rosie the Riveter campaign encourgaes women to get a job
Rosie the Riveter is a cultural icon of the United States, representing the American women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II, many of whom produced munitions and war supplie -
Relocation of Japanese Americans to camps
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Bataan Death March
on April 9, 1942, prisoners were stripped of their weapons and valuables, and told to march to Balanga, the capital of Bataan. Some were beaten, bayoneted, and mistreated -
Allied Invasion Victory in the Philippines
The Philippines Campaign (Filipino:Labanan sa Pilipinas) or the Battle of the Philippines, fought 8 December 1941 – 8 May 1942, was the invasion of the Philippines by Japan and the defense of the islands by Filipino and United States forces. -
Battle of Midway Island
The Battle of Midway was a decisive episode in the struggle for naval hegemony in the Pacific Ocean, fought in June 1942 -
D-Day Invasion
D-Day, when some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region -
Presidential Election of 1944
The United States presidential election of 1944 was the 40th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 7, 1944. Incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Democratic nominee, sought his fourth term in office; he defeated Republican Thomas E. Dewey in the general election. -
Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference was a meeting of British prime minister Winston Churchill, Soviet premier Joseph Stalin, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt early in February 1945 as World War II was winding down. -
Manthattan Project
A secret military project created in 1942 to produce the first US nuclear weapon. Fears that Nazi Germany would build and use a nuclear weapon during World War II triggered the start of the Manhattan Project, which was originally based in Manhattan, New York. -
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Surrender of japan
he Japanese Instrument of Surrender was the written agreement that formalized the surrender of the Empire of Japan, marking the end of World War II. It was signed by representatives from the Empire of Japan, the United State -
Formation of the United Nations
The United Nations is an intergovernmental organization to promote international co-operation. A replacement for the ineffective League of Nations, the organization
