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japan invades manchuria
when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident. -
hitler becomes chancellor
the germans people party fought for hitler to legally be put in office -
the munich agreement
was a settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia along the country's borders mainly inhabited by German speakers, for which a new territorial designation "Sudetenland" was coined -
germany invades poland
was an invasion of Poland by Germany, the Soviet Union, and a small Slovak contingent that marked the beginning of World War II in Europe. -
germans invade norway
Operation Weserübung was the code name for Germany's assault on Denmark and Norway during the Second World War and the opening operation of the Norwegian Campaign. -
germans invade france
also known as the Fall of France, was the successful German invasion of France and the Low Countries defeating primarily French forces -
battle of britian
The Battle of Britain was the first major campaign to be fought entirely by air forces, and was also the largest and most sustained aerial bombing campaign to that date. -
germans invade the soviet union
Over the course of the operation, about four million soldiers of the Axis powers invaded the USSR along a 2,900 km (1,800 mi) front -
japan attacks pearl harbor
a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii -
battle of coral sea
was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II between the Imperial Japanese Navy and naval and air forces from the United States and Australia -
Battle of Midway
only six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea, the United States Navy (USN), under Admirals Chester W. Nimitz, Frank Jack Fletcher, and Raymond A. Spruance decisively defeated an attack by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), under Admirals Isoroku Yamamoto, Chuichi Nagumo, and Nobutake Kondo on Midway Atoll, inflicting irreparable damage on the Japanese fleet -
Battle of Guadalcanal
around the island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific theatre of World War II. It was the first major offensive by Allied forces against the Empire of Japan. -
Battle of Stalingrad
was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad -
Operation Torch
was the British-American invasion of French North Africa during the North African Campaign of the Second World War -
Battle of Kursk
For the Germans, the battle represented the final strategic offensive they were able to mount in the east. For the Soviets, the decisive victory gave the Red Army the strategic initiative for the rest of the war. -
d-day
the Allies conducted a substantial military deception, codenamed Operation Bodyguard, to mislead the Germans as to the date and location of the main Allied landings -
Operation Market Garden
was an unsuccessful Allied military operation, fought in the Netherlands and Germany in the Second World War. It was the largest airborne operation up to that time -
Battle of the Bulge
was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe -
Battle of Iwo Jima
was a major battle in which the United States Armed Forces fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Empire -
Italy surrenders
It is estimated that between September 1943 and April 1945, some 60,000 Allied and 50,000 German soldiers died in Italy -
Germany Surrenders (VE Day)
to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. It thus marked the end of World War II in Europe -
Bombing of Hiroshima
Japan were conducted by the United States during the final stages of World War II -
Japan Surrenders (VJ Day)
Japan surrendered, in effect ending World War II, and subsequent anniversaries of that event.