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Japan invaded China due to the need of natural resources. Japan also wanted power.
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Germany takes over Austria. First German offense.
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German troops marched into Czechoslovakia.
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The German Army under Adolf Hitler launched an invasion into Poland.
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After a debate in Congress the Neutrality Act of 1939 was passed. The Act allowed nations to buy goods & arms in the U.S. if they paid cash & carried the merchandise to their own ships.
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Germany launches an invasion on France and conquers it. Italy enters war and invades France over the Alps.
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First war fought entirely by air force. Britain won against the German invasion despite "Germany's bomb destroying Britain Air Force" attempt.
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At first, the US froze Japanese trading rights in response of Japan's conquering countries. After Japan continues the US cuts off oil trading with Japan.
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America was shocked by Japan's aerial attack on Pearl Harbor because of the oil embargo. The Pearl Harbor attack initiated US involvement in WW2.
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Japanese Army forcibly transferred thousands of American and Filipino prisoners of war to march to their deaths. They marched through prison camps and died.
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Naval battle between Japan & U.S. in the Pacific Theater of WW2. Battle took place 6 months after Pearl Harbor attack.
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Soviet Union successfully defends city of Stalingrad. Marks an Allies advantage in war.
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The Allied Forces of Britain, America, Canada, and France attacked German forces on coast of Normandy, France. Allied victory became turning point in war.
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Important conference meeting consisting of the Big Three leaders of the world, Stalin, Churchill, & Roosevelt. At the Yalta Conference Stalin pledged to hold free elections in Poland.
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Day marking the Allied victory in Europe. Day of Nazi Germany's surrender of its armed forced.
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U.S. dropped first bomb on Hiroshima to force them to surrender and didn't want war to go on. Harry Truman had the last word regarding the dropping of the bomb.
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Three days after Hiroshima atomic bomb drop, second atomic bomb drops on Nagasaki known as the "Fat Man". Ten of thousands died due to exposure of immense radiation, etc.
