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Attack of manchuria
Manchuria is the place where much japanese buisness was held. Manchuria was seized by the japanese army for the iron and the coal. -
Alliance with Italy and Germany
Hitlers growing strength convinced mussolini that he should seek an allience with germany. in october 1936 the two dictators merged an agreement that became known as the rome-berlin axis. -
Kristallnacht
This is the haulocaust. It was the mass murder of milloins of jews and any german opposition. -
Invasion of Poland
in 1939 Germany surprise attacked poland. Germany invaded poland airspace and mercilessly bombed the capital of poland, warsaw. -
Soviet Union invaded Poland
Hitler sent soviet troops to occupy the eastern part of poland. Stalin began annexing the regions in the second part of the agreement. -
Battle of Britian
Hitler then turned his mind to invading britian and called the plan operation sea lion. Eventually Germany had been stopped by Britians army. -
France Surrenders
After being attacked by germany, the soviet union and italy, france seemed doomed to defeat. finally in 1940 France surrendered. -
Lend Lease Act
Under this act the president could lend or lease arms to any country. Hitler responded by saying to blow up any cargo ship they see. -
German Invasion of Soviet Union
The germans made a blitzcreig invasion of soviet russia and called it operation barbarossa. The russians used the same tactic as scorched earth to fend off the germans. -
Atlantic Charter
The atlantic charter held up free trade umong nations. The charter later served as the allies peace plan. -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl harbor was a harbor in hawaii that was surprise attacked by japan. the japanese sunk 18 ships, killed 2,400 americans and wounded 1,000. -
Japanese Internment
On febuary 19 1942, president roosevelt set up a program of internment since japanese americans were considered a threat to the country. The millitary began rounding up "aliens" and shipping them to relocation camps. -
Battle of Midway
After pearl harbor, japans next target was midway island. American pilots destroyed 322 japanese planes, all four aircraft carriers and one support ship. yamamoto ordered his crippled fleet to withdraw. -
Allied Invasion of Italy
Allied forces of 180,000 troops landed on sicily and captured it from italian and german troops by august. The conquuset toppled mousolini from power. -
D day
code named operation overlord, the invasion of normandy was the biggest land, sea attack in history. the day chosen for the attack was nicknamed d day. -
German Surrender
General Eisenhower accepted the unconditional surrender of the third reicht. The surrender was officially signed in Berlin -
Bombing of Heroshima
President Truman warned the japanese unless they surrendered they could expect a rain of ruin from the air. The japanese did not reply. So on august 6 1945 the us dropped an atomic bomb on hiroshim. Three days later the us dropped a second bomb on nagasaki. -
Bombing of Nagasaki
President Truman warned the japanese unless they surrendered they could expect a rain of ruin from the air. The japanese did not reply. So on august 6 1945 the us dropped an atomic bomb on hiroshim. Three days later the us dropped a second bomb on nagasaki. -
Japanese Surrender
The japanese surrendered to general douglas macarthur on sept 2. The surrender took place aboard the united states battleship missouri in tokyo bay. -
Nuremberg laws
These were the trials of the nazis who waged war of aggresion. They were also accused of violating the laws of war.
