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Japan invades Manchuria
Led to policies of Appeasement; Begins with Japanese invasion of Manchuria, then Italian invasion of Ethiopia and continues with Hitler... -
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Italy invades Ethiopia
Anschluss refers to the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany on 12 March 1938. The word's German spelling, until the German orthography reform of 1996, was Anschluss and it was also known as the Anschluss Österreichs. -
Olympic games in Germany
officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event -
Anschluss
Austria - Peacefully annexed in 1938 (AKA Anschluss) -
Germany takes the Sudetenland
with a portion being annexed and the remainder turned into the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. -
German invasion of Poland
Germany and France then declare war on Germany two days later. -
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Battle of Britain
The Royal Air force defended the UK -
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Battle of Britain
The Royal Air force defended the UK -
Tripartite Pact signed
The Tripartite Pact, also known as the Berlin Pact, was an agreement between Germany, Japan and Italy signed in Berlin on 27 September 1940 by, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Saburō Kurusu and Galeazzo Ciano. -
Atlantic Charter
US secretly meets with England to commit to defeating Germany. -
Four Freedoms Speech
Roosevelt insisted that people in all nations of the world shared Americans' entitlement to four freedom -
Lend Lease Act
passed to allow the US to lend war supplies to any deemed nation -
Germany attacks Soviet Union
largest German military operation of World War II. The destruction of the Soviet Union by military force, the permanent elimination of the perceived Communist threat to Germany, and the seizure of prime land within Soviet borders for long-term German settlement had been core policy of the Nazi movement since the 1920s. -
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
Surprise attack from japanese that causes US to declare war. -
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Battle of Midway
Was a decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II; only six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea. -
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Casablanca Conference
The Casablanca Conference was a meeting between U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the city of Casablanca, Morocco. At this meeting, Roosevelt and Churchill focused -
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Tehran Conference
The Tehran Conference was a strategy meeting of Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill after the Anglo-Soviet Invasion of Iran. -
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Battle of Marmandy
The Western Allies of World War II launched the largest amphibious invasion in history when they assaulted Normandy, located on the northern coast of France -
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Battle of Normandy
The Western Allies of World War II launched the largest amphibious invasion in history when they assaulted Normandy, located on the northern coast of France. -
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Battle of the Bulge
Last major German offensive campaign on western front. -
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Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference, also known as the Crimea conference and codecnamed the Argonaut Conference, was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the united kingdom and the soviet union for the purpose of discussing Germany and Europe’s postwar reorganization. -
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Battle of Iwo Jima
Was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. -
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Battle of Okinawa
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Germany Surrenders
Germany officially surrendered to the Allies, bringing an end to the European conflict in World War II. -
US drops bomb on Hiroshima
The world’s first atomic bomb -
Bombing of Nagasaki
During the final stage of World War II, the United States dropped nuclear weapons on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. -
Bombing of Nagasaki
During the final stage of World War II, the United States dropped nuclear weapons on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki -
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