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Fascist Italy invades,conquered,and annexed Ethiopia
October 2, 1935–May 1936.Fascist Italy invades, conquers, and annexes Ethiopia.In 1935, the League of Nations was faced with another crucial test. Benito Mussolini, the Fascist leader of Italy, had adopted Adolf Hitler's plans to expand German territories by acquiring all territories it considered German. Another justification for the attack was an incident during December 1934, between Italian and Abyssinian troops at the Wal-Wal Oasis on the border between Abyssinian Somaliland, where 200 sold -
Japanese invades China
1937 skirmishing between Japanese and Chinese troops on the frontier led to what became known as the Marco Polo Bridge Incident. This fighting sparked a full-blown conflict, the Second Sino-Japanese War. The Japanese seemed unable to succeed, the Chinese were not able to evict the Japanese from the territory they had conquered.But western intervention in the form of economic sanctions (most importantly oil) against Japan would transform the nature of the war. It was in response to these sanctio -
German invasion of Poland
The invasion of Poland is the time when Germany broke through Polish defence along the border and advanced on Warsaw in a massive encirclement attack.
On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. The Polish army was defeated within weeks of the invasion. Britain and France, standing by their guarantee of Poland's border, had declared war on Germany on September 3, 1939. -
Norway surrenders
The British acted as a so-called “fifth column” for the German invaders, taking Norway’s nerve centers, spreading false rumors, and occupying military bases .Norway declared war.Hitler used the code word “Weserübung”.it was a start of war but the end of the phoney war. -
German Blitzkrieg
21 June 1940, early in the second year of World War Two, the French president, Marshall Philippe Pétain, sued for peace with Adolf Hitler's Third Reich.Hitler insisted that the armistice be signed in the very railway car in which Germany had been compelled to admit defeat at the end of World War One. t had taken only a few short weeks for the Wehrmacht (the German army), under his control, to crush the army of the French Third Republic . -
The Bismarck
The sinking of the Bismark ended in the death of 1,500 of its crew, only three Britains survived.Bismarck had been destroyed by British planes.Symbolized the end of the time when battleships were the dominant force in naval warfare. -
Pearl Harbor
on December 7, 1941,Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. They reasoned that without access to money and goods, and especially essential supplies like oil, Japan would have to rein in its expansionism. Instead, the sanctions made the Japanese more determined to stand their ground.the attack on Pearl Harbor crippled or destroyed nearly 20 American ships and more than 300 airplanes. Dry docks and airfields were likewise destroyed. Most impo -
Soviets re-capture Kiev
They found a city destroyed by the combination of the German invasion years agoand from them.There were 7,000 buildings, including 1,000 factories, destroyed at the hands of the Germans. 200,000 people were killed during the war and 100,000 sent to concentration camps during the war -
Hungary occupied by German Army
When Hitler came with power Germany tried to make a alliance with Nazi Germany.Germany invaded and gained controlled from Hungary and Germany .By March 1941, the Jewish population in Hungarian took over land had reached in excess of 725,000. -
D-Day
Codenamed Operation Overlord, the battle began on June 6, 1944, also known as 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.Hitler wanted to keep the Allies from invading france.By late August 1944, all of northern France had been liberated, and by the following spring the Allies had defeated the Germans -
Belgrade Liberated
This was their key and underlying basis of legitimacy and justification. This was how they sold their dictatorship and how they ruled.This myth was false . It was based on deception and self-delusion. -
The Battle Of The Bulge
Germans attempted to push the allies front line west from france to northwest Belgium.The Germans created a “bulge” area around Ardennes forest pushing through the american defense lines.The war was a great lose for Germany, they lost many weapons and soldiers. -
Atomic bomb dropped on Hirdhima
The president truman warned his advisers that they were going to sttempt to invade Japan to end the war quicker.Killed 80,000 people immediately snd thousands more died from the radiation.The new weapon was a massive destuction to the Soviet Union.Japan felt it was the began of the Cold War. -
VE Day
VE Day is when both Great Britain and the United States celebrate Victory in Europe.General Jodi signed unconditional surrender document that formally ended war in Europe.VE Day is a day where we remeber those who fought in it and witnessed it. -
Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
The second bomb was nicknames "fat man".They had planned to bomb the 11 of August but cause of bad weather they moved it up to the 9th. With in a couple days japan surrendered. For decades high amount of cancer, birth defects and tumors haunted victims for ever. -
VJ Day
VJ Day is when the Japan surrendered to the allies, effectively ending World War 2.Thats when August 15 became known as Victory over Japan Day or VJ Day for short.The celebration fell out of favor over the years is due to cincerns about it being offensive to Japan.