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Invasion of Manchuria
This event happened because Japan claimed that Chinese soldiers had sabotaged the railway. The Chinese didn’t listen to them because they knew that they were just making an excuse to to invade Manchuria. They didn’t want to just go invade them so they made an excuse. After this event the Mukden Incident followed it. -
Rape of Nanking
This was apart of the Nanking Massacre war. The Nanking Massacre was the mass rape and murder Nanking people. This act was committed by Japanese troops. This started a lot more conflict between these countries. This massacre happen for 6 six weeks. -
Anschluss
This was the invasion of Austria into Nazi Germany. Hitler started feeling strong that’s why he did this with Austria. This plan was forbidden by the Treaty of Versailles, so Hitler had to plan carefully. His plan was to bring all German-speaking citizens to one country. -
Munich Pact
The Munich Pact was an agreement allowing Nazi Germany annexation of the "Sudetenland". This agreement was between England and Hitler. The agreement was made to avoid wars between the powers of Europe. This pact was made to help prevent conflict. -
Kristallnacht
This event was also called the Night of the broken glass. The Kristallnacht was a Jewish teenager killing a German. The Nazi terrorized the Jews, the killing a the German started war. They got mad so they started killing and tearing down buildings. The death of the German is what started most of the violence in World War ll. -
Non-Aggression Pact
This event happened on August 23rd, 1939. This was a secret treaty was Russia and Germany. Everybody was surprised that Soviet Union and Nazi Germany signed the Non-Aggression Pact. This pact said that both countries countries could not take no military action against each other for the next 10 years. -
Invasion of Poland
This German army is the one the to started the Invasion of Poland. This Invasion lasted about a month right before the Nazi victory. This invasion triggered the blitzkrieg strategy, Hitler came up with. Hitler saw this as and defensive action but someone didn’t think so. -
Evacuation of Dunkirk
Evacuation of Dunkirk code name was Operation Dynamo. This was the evacuation of Allied soldiers during the war. A lot of civilian boats and Naval vessels were used during the evacuation. This was important because a lot of British and Allied troops got encircled by Germans. -
Tripartite Agreement
This agreement was between parties such as cases where the loan contracts involves a buyer. These parties pledged to help out each other during the event of the attack by the U.S. They swore to attack anybody who wants to start war with them. This was an agreement between United States, France, and Great Britain. -
Lend Lease Act
The purpose of this act was to provide the U.S military aid to foreign nations. This helped Roosevelt lend arms to Britain and they knew that after this America would pay then back with their kindness. This was important because the president would send things to whatever country that was struggling. This act advanced the U.S to the edge of the war. -
Operation Barbarossa
This event started on June 22, 1941. Operation Barbarossa born name was Operation Fritz. This operation was the codename for the invasion of the Soviet Union. When Germany failed to defeat the Soviet Union troops this sparked a changing point in the War. -
Pearl Harbor
This was a surprise military attack on the Japanese Navy Air Service against the U.S. This attack led the the beginning/start of the War. This attack was important because it made the U.S come together as a whole and they started to have more power. This started a war before the war was ever officially declared. -
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was a naval battle during the World War ll. This was important because the Battle of Midway was a changing point in the Pacific War. This was a turn pointing in the war because this battle stopped Japanese attack on Hawaii. This made Japanese on the defense. -
D-Day Invasion
This was something that happen the day of the Normandy landings. The Normandy landings was Allied invasion of Normandy operation. This was like a secret mission called Operation Overlord. This happened because allied forces launched a naval assault on the Nazi. This was important because the main goal of this operation was to send Germany back. -
Liberation of Paris
This was a military battle that occurred during World War ll. This event happened between Aug 19, 1944 – Aug 25, 1944. The general commander wanted the French troops first but Commander Leclerc disobeyed and sent them in 2nd. This is important because is shows us that we got a victory. -
Hitler’s Suicide
April 30 Hitler’s Suicide happened on April 30 he died by the gunshot to his head. Before he passed away he wrote instruction for what he wanted done to his body. The death of Hitler affected people because some people were sad.Some people saw it as a -
Surrender of Germany
This was the official surrender of Germany to the Allies. This event caused an end to all European conflict in World War ll. The command of German signed the official surrender of both east and west. All of this soon affected them the following day. This was important because this brought an end to some conflict between them. -
Hiroshima/Nagasaki
This act of war was when Hiroshima and Nagasaki got “handed” two nuclear dangerous weapons that the U.S released. This happened during the final stage of the war. The U.S dropped this bomb because they got consent from the United Kingdom. Before this bomb was dropped the president warned the American people that if they tried to invade Japan, they would get hurt badly.