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Japan Invades China
Japan invades Manchuria, which is a Chinese city. Japan is trying to expand its territory and they got the victory. -
Munich Conference
Passed the Munich Agreement which was a settlement permiting Germany's anexation of part of the Czechoslovakia's territory. -
Blitzkrieg
The word Blitzkrieg means ''Lightning War''. It was a type of war where all the types of Army worked together, like the soldiers and the tank drivers, the airplanes. -
Non-Agression Pact
It was a treaty between Soviet Union and Germany. This pact ensured that they wouldn't use military force on each other for the next 10 years. -
Germany Invades Poland
Also known as the September Capaign, was the invasion of Poland by Germany and Soviet Union. Axis Power won and Polish territory was divided between Germany, Soviet Union, Lithuania and Slovakia. -
Battle Of Britain
Battle of Britain is the name given to the air campaign launched by Germany against the United Kingdom in 1940. It lasted for 3 months and British destroyed the German airforce, called Luftwaffe. Germans failed. -
Lend-Lease Act
U.S. attempt to stay out of the war but at the same time help the United Kingdom with supplies because they were allies. -
Operation Barbarossa
Germany invaded Soviet Union. This is the turning point of the WW2 because Soviet Union wins and Germany broke their peace treaty so Voviet Union is now part of the Allies. -
The Holocaust
It was the way Hitlers used to extermine Jews and Gypsies, because he considered them as inferior races. Hitles did this because he believed in a Arian race, which is a race that is better than all others. -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese attack on the U.S. state of Hawaii. Even after holding peace talks with the U.S. , Japan surprisingly attacked Pearl Harbor and killed more than 2,000 Americans. -
Wannsee Conference
The Wannsee Conference was a meeting of senior officials of Nazi Germany, held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee.The purpose of the conference was to ensure the cooperation of administrative leaders of various government departments in the implementation of the final solution to the Jewish question. -
Bataan Death March
It was the forced Transfer of the American and Filipino's prisioners of war by the Japanese Imperial Army. Approximately 2,500–10,000 Filipino and 100–650 American prisoners of war died before they could reach their destination at Camp O'Donnell. -
Battle of Midway
It was a air battle between Japan and the United States, because the U.S. did not want the Japanese to conquer the Midway Atoll because they would be too close to Hawaii. U.S. got the victory and it was one of the most important air battles of WW2. -
Battle Of Stalingrad
Germans and their allies tried to attack Stalingrad, a city in Soviet Union. This battle was considered the turning point of the World War II because Soviet Union destroyed the Germans and they were now in the Allies side. -
D-Day
This was the largest sea invasion of history. All the Allies invaded Normandy and tried to get it back from Germany, and they got the victory. -
Battle Of Bulge
It was a offensive campaign through the Wallonia region. The primary goal was to capture the harbour of Antwerp. This batlle lasted from 16 December 1944 until 25 January 1945. The operation was not succesful and German troops failed. -
Battle Of Iwo Jima
Battle where the U.S. Army fought and captured the island of Iwo Jima. The battle was agaisnt Japan and they had more than double of the casualty of the U.S. -
Battle Of Okinawa
Largest assault in the Pacific War. Allied against Axis and Allies won. The battle resulted in the highest number of casualties in the Pacific Theater during World War II. -
V-E Day
Public Holiday that recognizes the surrender of the Nazi Germany's armed force. It is celebrated every 8th of May and it marked the end of World War II in Europe. -
The Bombing Of Hiroshima/Nagasaki
The United States was tired of the Japanese stupid attacks and President Trooman agreed to throw two atomic bombs in japan on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. -
V-J Day
This was the day when Japan surrended and in fact ended World War II. On September 2, 1945, a formal surrender ceremony was performed in Tokyo Bay, Japan. -
Warsaw Pact
Formally called the Treaty of Friendship, was a collective defense treaty among eight communist states of Central and Eastern Europe in existence during the Cold War.
