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Japanese invasion of Manchuria (Manchuko)
the Japanese army invaded Manchuria and started a puppet state named Manchukuo, Showed that japn want to gain more power by taking over. -
Hitler made Chancellor of Germany
A letter from 2 politicians urged Hindenburg to give Hitler Chancellor. It gave hitler the power he needed to start WWII -
The Munich Pact
an agreement between France Italy, Germany and Britain. It said hitler wouldn’t use his military in exchange to keep the land he took in Czechoslovakia, showed that hitler didnt care and wouldnt agree. -
Kristallnacht
a series of coordinated attacks against Jews throughout Germany and Austria, named after the broken glass on the streets from windows of stores, it was the beginning of the halocaust
Nov. 9-10 1938 -
Invasion of Poland
starting actions leading into WWII, Germany and USSR invaded poland -
Dunkirk
The British were pushed back by the Germans and were separated into two, The Germans wanted the British to surrender and dropped pieces of on them telling them to do so because the Germans thought they could escape from the ocean but they did.The British retreated to Dunkirk then to the ocean, showed that the allies werent as good as the axis. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Japan bombed the Navy dock in Hawaii trying to destroy our navy so they wouldnt have to worry about us for a bit while we rebuilt, brought the U.S. into WWII -
Bataan Death March
The japenese army forced POW’s to march to the capital of Bataan after the battle of Bataan, many were killed or died from starvation, dehydration or heat exhaustion, showed how crappy the Japs were -
Battle of Midway
a naval battle between the U.S. and Japan, Japan attacked midway atoll and suffered heavy looses after losing over 200 pilots and weakened the Japanese for the rest of the war, boosted the americans showed that we had power. -
D-Day
The allies largest amphibious landing in history, Normandy france, 10,000 allied men lost, started the war in Europe against hitler -
Battle of the Bulge
Germany launched an offensive through the forested Ardennes against Belgium France and Luxemburg. Hitler gave it all he had to try to rebound bak and gain power again.
Dec. 16 1944 - Jan. 25, 1945 -
Yalta Conference
a meeting between the U.S. Britain and the USSR to discuss Europe’s post war reorganizations, They tried to do things so that they wouldnt have WWI repeats.
Fed. 4-11 1945 -
V E Day
Victory in Europe day,WWII is coming to an end -
The bombing of Hiroshima
The US droppeda atomic bomb on a Japanese town Hiroshima to eventually end WWII, makes japan surrender ending WWII -
V J Day
Victory of Japan day, the day Japan surrendered
