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Japan invades China
Also known as the second sino Japanese war Japan invaded China because the Japanese wanted to reclam land they thought they were intitled to, During the invation the the rape of nanking took place. Japanese commanded the troops to Kill and plunder anything and anyone the Japanese troops actions were horrific -
Munich Conference
The Munich Conference was when Hitler demanded the sudetenland and czechoslovakia but the british prime minister tryed to talk him out of it. -
Non-Aggression pact
A Non-Aggression pact is a promise not to invade one another and is not an a alliance. During WW2 there was a Non-Aggression pact between Germany and the Soveit Union but Germany broke the pact and invaded the soviet union. -
Germany invades Poland
Germany invaded Poland was the last straw for Egland and France and is the reason these two countrys got involded in the war. Germany invaded Poland because Hitler wanted to expand Germanys borrders> -
The Holocaust
The Holocaust was a mass murdur of six million people of the jewish race. The holocuaust was organized by the Nazi party and was lead my Adolf Hitler. Jewish people were not the only people targeted but the most people were jewsish. The victums were sent to consentration camps and were killed in various ways. -
Battle of Britan
The Battle of Britan was a battle between the British Royal Airforce and Hitlers Luffwaffe the German airforce. The battle was the Royal Airforces reposnes to the invation/bombing of London. The Germans were unscuessful on their raid against england. -
Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg was the frist invation on poland by the Germans, In German Blitzkrieg means lightning war, They bombed Poland and sent in troops and tanks days later. This was the the reason Egland and France got involed in WWII. -
Lend-Lease act
The Lend-Lease act It permited president Rosevelt to aid Egland with suppys after the battle of britan. They suppied Egland with suppys such as food, tanks, guns, ammo. England would have to eventually pay back the United states. -
Operation of Barbrossa
The Operation of Barbrossa was when Hitler broke the non-agresstion act with the Soviet Union, Hitler attacked Russian in the summer so the Germans wouldnt have to endure Russas hash winter. Hitler was unsucessful and this is one of Hitlers greatest mistakes. -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor was a dasteredly attack by the Japanise empire on the United States. Japanese plans droped bombs on the US Navy and this is why America joined the war. The bombing took place on the hawiian Islands -
Wannsee Conference
The Wannsee Conference was a meeting of head Nazi offiers the Beriln to talk about the extemination of the Jewish race and to talk about how the nazis should organize their genocide. -
Bataan Death March
The Bataan Death March was when 75000 American and Phillopino troops were marched 63 miles to consintration camps, The march was lead by the Japanese. -
Battle of Midway
The battle of midway was a naval battle between the United States and the Japanies empire. The battle took place in the mid-pacific and was a one of the first time airplanes were used in a naval battle. This was an important American victory. -
Battle of stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle during World War 2 in which the Axis powers tried to invade the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad, This was one of the booldest battles that took place in the war. Often know for one of the the turing points in the war. -
D-Day
D-Day was known as one of the bloodest days in American histroy. It took place on Normandy beach and 2,499 Americans died, -
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was a german offensive by German to try push past a weak spot in the Allied line. When Germany attacked there was a bulge in the line until America pushed back the German forces. This took place toward the end of the war. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle in which the United States fought and captured the lsland of Iwo Jima from Japan. The Island hopping was over and a famous picture was taken of soilders rasing the American Flag. -
Battle of Okinawa
Code-named operation Iceburg The battle of Okinawa was the largest assult in the pacific . This battle lasted 82 days and the reason Okinawa was so vital to the Allied forces was because the Island was really close to Japan. It took the Japanise two months to surrender. -
V-E Day
V-E Day stands for the Victory of England Day, It is a national holiday celebrated on May 8th. This is when Germany Offically surrendered its armed forces. -
The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end the war with Japan. Before America dropped the bombs they sent out fliers to the Japanese people to leave but still killed America soldiers. -
V-J Day
The V-J Day was the day Japan cesed fighting in WWII or the day Japan offically surrendered. -
Warsaw pact
The Warsaw pact was a collective definsive treaty among eight communist states of central and easter europe in existance in the cold war.
