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Jap invades China
When Japan invaded Manchuria, China, they bombed civilians or fired upon shell-shocked suriviors. This made antipathy towards Japan, which lasted until the end of WWII. -
The Holocaust
In January 1933, German leader Adolf Hitler started a mass genocide against Jews, gays, blacks, and pretty much anyone who doesn't have blonde hair and blue eyes. This lasted about 12 years. 11 million people died. -
Munich Conference
An agreement that Hitler could annex the Sudetenland, he promised not to invade anywhere else. -
Non-Aggression Pact
a national treaty between two or more states/countries agreeing to avoid war or armed conflict between them and resolve their disputes -
Germany invades Poland
Hitler did this because he believed that it would bring Lebensraum, or "living space," for the German people. -
Blitzkrieg
A military technique first used by the Germans. It was a tactic based on speed -
Battle of Britian
the German air force's attempt to gain air superiority over the RAF -
Lend-Lease Act
a program under which the United States supplied Great Britain, Free France, the Republic of China and later the USSR and other Allied nations with materiel -
Battle of Midway
A naval battle at the small U.S. pacific base -
Operation Barnarossa
Germany's invasion on the Soviet Union -
Pearl Harbor
a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii -
Wannsee Conference
A conference that was to ensure the cooperation of administrative leaders of various government departments -
Bataan Death March
the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war after the three-month Battle of Bataan in the Philippines -
D-Day
the invasion by and establishment of Western Allied forces in Normandy, during Operation Overlord -
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 -
Battle of Okinawa
was fought on the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa and was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War -
V-E Day
The day Germany surrendered -
The Bombing of Hiroshima/Nagasaki
Bombing in Japan that was conducted by the United States during the final stages of World War II. The two bombings were the only use of nuclear weapons in warfare. -
VJ Day
The day the US won over Japan -
Battle of Stalingrad
a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union -
Warsaw Pact
a collective defense treaty among eight communist states of Central and Eastern Europe in existence during the Cold War.