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Japan is an island with limited resources. The Japanese invaded Manchuria to gain more resources.
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Hitler gave the Germans a sense of faith and pride. He was elected to be Chancellor of Germany.
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Benito Mussolini wanted to "restore the pride of Rome" by invading Ethiopia. He was successful and Italy controlled Ethiopia.
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The Munich Conference was a series of negotiations between Hitler and the Allies. Great Britain, France, and Italy agreed to allow Germany to annex certain areas of Czechoslovakia.
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Before the war, Germany and the Soviet Union shocked the world by making the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact. The two countries agreed to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years.
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Germany uses fast lightning war to invade Poland rapidly. Great Britain and France declare war on Germany as a result.
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Kristallnacht, also called Night of Broken Glass, was when the German Nazis attacked Jewish people and their property. The violence continued for many days.
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German forces defeated Allied forces in France. The Allies were forced to retreat and France had fallen.
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The German air force, the Luftwaffe, attacked and bombed Britain many times. Great Britain was able to hold off and destroy the Luftwaffe with their own air force.
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The Japanese surprise attacked the U.S. naval base Pearl Harbor. Many Americans were killed and this event pushed the U.S. to join the war.
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Germany invaded Russia and fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad. It was a very bloody battle and Germany was defeated.
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The Normandy Invasion, or D-Day, was the simultaneous landing of U.S., British, and Canadian forces on five separate beachheads in Normandy, France. The Allies drove Germany out of France and took it back.
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V-E Day is the when the victory in Europe was celebrated. It marked the formal acceptance of Germany's unconditional surrender.
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The Japanese would not surrender to the United States, so the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, killing thousands. A second bomb was dropped three days later on Nagasaki. The Japanese finally surrendered.
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The Victory in Japan Day was the day that Japan had unconditionally surrendered. This was the ending to World War II.
