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From September 19, 1931 to February 27, 1932, Imperial Japan invaded the area of China known as Manchuria. The reason they invaded was because they needed a better supply of natural resources since they are an island.
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Hitler's rise to power occured all throughout the 1930s. The main cause of him becoming chancellor was resentment over losing the war and the Treaty of Versailles.
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When Mussolini came to power he wanted to recreate the Roman Empire, and started by invading Ethiopia. Ethiopia called to the League of Nations for help but they did nothing.
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The Munich Conference was one of the ways the allies attempted to avoid war through appeasement. It resulted in the Munich agreement allowing for the German annexation of Sudetenland.
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Kristallnacht, also known as The Night of Broken Glass, was a series of riots against Jews. Synagogues, Jewish schools, homes, and businesses were burnt to the ground or vandalized in what was the first act of the Holocaust.
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This pact was a secret agreement between the Soviet Union and Germany that they would not attack each other. It was later broken by Germany when they invaded the Soviet Union.
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In the first act of World War 2, Hitler invaded Poland and conquered the whole country in only a month. This caused declarations of war from France and Britain, starting World War 2.
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Despite the French preparing heavily during the period of peace, Germany's invasion still devastated them and they were conquered in a little over a month. However, the one bright spot was the evacuation of Dunkirk where 300,000 allied soldiers were saved.
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The Battle of Britain was Hitler's first stage of a massive plan to invade Britain by sending mass bombing raids. The RAF fought them off forcing Hitler to cancel his plan.
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The Pearl Harbor bombing was a surprise attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor. It destroyed almost the entire Pacific fleet.
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Major battle between the USSR and Germany for the city of Stalingrad. The USSR won and it was a major turning point in the war
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Invasion of France by England and the US. Created a new front in the west and started the liberation of France and the rest of Europe.
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Victory in Europe day. This is the day when the allies defeated Germany and ended the war in Europe.
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To avoid a very costly end for the Americans, President Truman decided to use atomic bombs to end the war. They destroyed Nagasaki and Hiroshima using the bombs.
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Day Japan surrendered to America. Ended the war worldwide.
