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Hitler becomes chancellor of germany
hitler starts taking his county over like a dictator making germany turn for the worst -
anschluss
polititcal union that was achieved through annexation by hitler -
Kristaallnacht
also known as NIght of the Broken glass,nazis invaded jews homes and sent over 30000 jews to concentration camps -
invasion of Poland
1.5 million german troops invade poland hitler believe poland would bring living space to germans -
dunkirk
the evacuation associated with the troops called a miricle by winston churchhill. german armies trapped british and french armies 330000 men were trapped and sitting targets for german armies.operation dynamo was preformed -
attack on pearl harbor
japan attacked our naval base in hawaii they thought they could hurt us. thousands were killed and ships were destroyed -
Bataan Death march
63 mile march with 72000 prisoners from the southern end of the bataan peninsula 7000-10000 deaths horrible conditions and harsh treatment -
battle of midway
one of the most decisive battles in ww2 . destroyed japans naval strength, -
d-day
160000 allied troops landed along a 50 mile stretch of heavily fortified french coast line to fight german nazis on the german beaches of france.5000+ ships 13000 air crafts. more than 100000 soldiers went o fight hitler -
battle of the bulge
the most deadly battle towards the U.S army over 100000 casualties -
yalta confrence
took place in russsia FDR ,winston churchill, joesph stalin dicussed the progress of the war -
VE day
victory in europe the third reich of mazi germany was defeated. millions were killed. hitler commited suicide -
bombing of hiroshima
american B-29 dropped the worlds first deployed atomic bomb on japan the explosion wiped out 90% of the city and killed 80000 peoplethousands later died from the radiation -
V-J day
vitory over japan day , the day japan surrendered , effectively ending WW2