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the Kwantung Army of Japan invades Manchuria immediately after the Mukden Incident. After the war japan establishes a puppet state of Manchuko -
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President Paul von Hindenburg appoints Hitler. Hitler gains power. -
A mass-scale murder, wartime rape, looting arson and a bunch of other war crimes against civilians in Nanking, China -
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A settlement that permitted German annexation of the Sudentenland, in western Czechoslovakia. -
a pogrom against jews carried out by the nazi's Sturmabteilung paramilitary forces along with Civilians through germany. -
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Germany and the Soviet Union sign an agreement to not take military action against each other for 10 years. -
Germany invades poland, starting the domino effect of ww2. -
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Paris falls to German forces. -
Allies were losing the battle of France and Dunkirk their last defense evacuation. -
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The germans bombing campaign towards london. -
FDR passed the law that made the first peace time draft to europe. -
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The Germans invaded the Soviet Union. -
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A surprise attack by the Japanese Imperial Navy on a US naval base in Hawaii. The attack killed 2403 US personnel. -
the forced transfer of 60,000 to 80,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war. prisoners were forced to march until they died. -
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A naval battle between the US and Japan. -
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Germany and their Allies take an offensive on the Soviet Union to Control the city of Stalingrad -
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the invasion of Normandy. -
A major German offensive in western Europe. This attack only halted the allied forces for a short amount of time. -
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the meeting of FDR, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin. -
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The United States marine corps capture the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese army. -
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A major battle in the Pacific war on the island of Okinawa. -
A big news event that took the world by storm -
both the united states and Britain celebrate the victory in Europe.
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an American B-29 bomber drops the first bomb in Hiroshima Japan. -
the United States celebrates its victory over Japan. -