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Japan invades China
japan invades Manchurian on September l931. The Japanese controlled the railway. They claimes the Chinese soldiers had sabatoged the railway. So they attacked the chinese army. -
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The Holocaust
It was the mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regine during the period 1941. Probably more than 6 milion European Jews were killed, as well as memebers of other persecuted groups, such as gypsis and homosecuals, were murdered at concentration campes such as Asuchwilz. -
Munich Conference
Conferenced was held in Munich on September 28 through 29 1938. The leaders of Great Britain, France, and Italy agreed to allow Germany to take areas of Czechoslovakia. -
Non-Aggression Pact
On August 23,1939, Nazi Germany and the Soivet Union met and signed the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact, which guaranteed that the two countries would not attack each other. Signing this pact, Germany saved itself from having to fight a two-front-war in the soon-to-begin World War II. -
German invades Poland
The action by Germany that began World War II in 1939. Germany Invaded Pland only days after signing the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact, under which the Soviet Union agreed not to defend Poland from the East if Germany attacked it from the West. Britian and France, which had Pledged to protect Poland from German attack, soon declared war on Germany. -
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Blizkrieg
A german form of attack. Created disorganization to whom ever they were attacking. It was successful in short military campaigns -
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Battle of Britain
In 1940, Germany's Luftwaffe conducted thousands of bombing runs, attacking military and civilian targets across the united kingdom. At first all they did was bomb military and industrial targets. After the Royal Air force hit Berlin with retaliatory strikes in September the germans began bombing British civilian centers. 23,000 British civilians were killed between July and december 1940. Each side also lost 1,500 aircraft by the end of the year. -
Lend-Lease Act
In 1941 the Lend-Lease Act empowered the president to sell, transfer, Lend, or Lease war supplies suck as equipment, food, and weapons to American allies during World War II. The Lend-Lease Act was enacted to provide aid to china and British Empire, eligibility under its provisions was expanded to include all allies who were essential to the maintenance of the security of the United States. -
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Operatin Barbarossa
Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union on June 22,1941, in the largest German military operation og World War II. -
Pearl Harber
The attack occurred on Pearl Harbor as a surprise. It was conducted by the Imperial Japanese navy against the U.S. It occurred in the early morning hours on this island of Hawaii. -
Bataan Death March
The U.S. surrendered on April 9. The Japanese forced the U.S. soldiers and Phillipineos to march 65 miles. They were forced to march to a prison camp under horrible conditions. -
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Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was a crucial and decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II. -
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Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle between german and soviet troops in World War II. It was fought in the winter of 1942-1943. It ended with a surrender of an entire german army. this was a major turning point of the war in favor of the allies. -
D-Day
The Allied forces landed on Normandy Beach. Over 150,000 soldiers attacked the Germans. This was the turning point for WW II. -
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battle of the bulge
In Oct 1944 amaricans captured their first German town, Aachen. In Dec 16 eight German tanks broke through the weak american defenses along on 80-mile front. Hitler hoped that this would somehow split American and British forces and break up Allid supply lines. Tanks drove 60 miles into Allied territory, Creating a bulg in the lines that gave this battle it's name. -
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Battle of Iwo Jima
This battle took place in February 1945. The capture of Iwa Jima was part of a three-pont plan the americans had for winning the war in the far East. Iwo Jima is a very small Pacific Island just over 4.5 miles long and 2.5 miles wide whitch lies at the foot of the Bonin chain of the islands, south of the main Japanese island of Honshu. Despite its size, Iwo Jima was considered to have great tactical importance. -
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Battle of Okinawa
This is also known as Operation Iceberg. It was the largest ampibious landing during WWII in the Pacific. Over 100,000 people died. -
V-E Day
V-E Day (Victory in Europe day) way the public holiday celebrated on May 8 May 1945. V-E Day officially announced the end of World War II in Europe. On a Monday May 7th at 2:41 German General Jodi signed the unconditional surrender document that formally ended war in Europe. -
The Bombing of Hiroshima/Nagasaki
The U.S. dropped atomic bombs on the Japanes cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The bombings killed 129,000 people. This was in retaliation for the attack on Pearl Harbor. -
V-J Day
The Japanese surrendered to the Allies. It ended WW II. -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact, also known as the Warsaw Treaty Organization, was an alliance created by the Warsaw Treaty of Friendship, cooperation and mutual Assistance the pact was, in the short term a reaction to the admittance of West Germany to NATO.