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Japanese invasion of Manchuria
Japan attacked China to gain power and resources to make them a more powerful country. The US didn't approve because China is where they got all their resources, so they attacked Japan -
Hitler made chancellor
After Hitler Gained power in Germany he was declared chancellor or dictator of Germany. He would soon begin the start of WWII -
The Anschluss
This is the day Adolph Hitler announces an "Anschluss" or union between Germany and Austria. Union with Germany had been a dream of Austrian social Democrats since 1919. -
Kristallnacht
Basically the beginning or start of the the holocaust -
Invasion of Poland
The conquest of Poland Hitler thought would bring lebensrawum, or living space for German people. -
battle of Dunkirk
was a battle between the allies and Germany, and was the defense and evacuation of the British and allied forces in Europe. Germany had let the British go so they could fight another day. -
attack on pearl harbor
It was when hundreds of Japanese fighter planes bombed the american naval base in Honolulu Hawaii. This is when America enters the war -
Bataan Death March
After the Americans and Filipinos had surrendered, the Japanese had began to March some 76,000 prisoners (12,000 Americans) northward into captivity along a route to death. Marked the biggest expansion of Japans army. -
Battle of Midway
Americans had planned a surprise attack on japan. Japan knew that the attack was coming but while they were refueling their aircraft carriers America attacked and was known as "the most stunning and decisive blow in the history of naval warfare -
D-day
The day when allied forces had started to take over the mainland in Europe from Nazi control. This was the most famous D-day to occur. -
Battle of the bulge
Adolph hitler attempts to split allied armies in northwest Europe by means of a surprise blitzkrieg through the Ardennes to Antwerp. Last major war in Europe. -
Yalta conference
Was a conference in Crimea Russia between FDR, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin. They new that they probably have won the war -
V E Day
When the allied powers bear the axis powers in the battle of Berlin. This is also when Hitler had killed himself -
The battle of Hiroshima
It was when president Truman decided to drop the worlds first atomic bomb. That was what basically ended the war -
V J day
It was the day that Japan had surrendered to the allies. Stands for victory over Japan, and was the end of the war
