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WWII
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Japan invades Manchuria
Japan invades Manchuria for it's resources, they no longer wanted to rely on the United States for resources. -
Holocaust
6 million European Jews are killed. Nuremburg Laws prevent them from living normal lives. Ended in 1945. -
Italy invades Ethiopia
Italy invades Ethiopa, however the League of Nations does nothing to punish Mussolini. -
Germany occupies Rhineland
Germany ivades the rhineland, violating the Treaty of Versailles. He also violated the treaty by building up his military. -
Germany invades Sudetenland
Germany invades Sudetenland, now present day Czechoslavakia. France and Great Britain allow it to avoid conflicts. -
Munich Conference
Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France meet. All underestimate Hitler's power who later takes over the rest of Czechoslovakia and forms an alliance with Italy. -
WWII Starts
Germany invades poland by dressing an ex-convict as a Polish soldier and having him cross boarder into Germany. In result, Great Britain and France declar war. -
U.S. prepares for war
Increase in production and military spending help end Great Depression. (no specific date) -
Germany takes over France
Attacked through the Ardennes Forest. -
Dunkirk
340,000 allied troops are rescued, making it the greatest escape. -
Nagasaki
Second automic bomb is dropped, killing 400,000. -
Japan forms alliance
Japan forms an alliance with Germany and Italy-- the Axis Powers. -
Operatin Barbarossa
Hitler breaks non-agression pact with Soviet Union and invades. Soviet Union joins Allies. Cold winters led to Germany's surrender. -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese attack, destroying 20 warships and 200 aircrafts. 2,400 Americans are killed. Puts an end to isolationism. -
Japanese internment camps
10,000 Japanese-Americans are placed in internment camps. They can only take what they can carry with them. -
Operation Torch
U.S. invades Norther Africa, defeats Rommel's forces in may. -
Rome falls
Rome is the first Axis capital to fall. -
D-DAY (Operation Overlord)
150,000 troops are carried across the English Canal. 10,000 Casualties. Hitler refused to send reinforcement, fearing it was a trick. Allies gained control of 60-mile strip of land in a week. -
Yalta Conference
Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill meet to discuss post war plans such as how to divide Germany and the Soviet Union helping the war in the Pacific. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
Second bloodiest battle in the Pacific. 730 miles from Tokyo -
Battle of Okinawa
Bloodiest battle in the Pacific, 350 miles from Japan. -
Hitler's suicide
Hitler commits suicide along with his wife, kills his dog. -
European War ends
Formal end of the war in Europe. (V-E DAY) -
Hiroshima
First automic bomb is dropped, killing 800,000. -
Japan Surrenders
Japan officially surrenders (V-J Day)
