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The Holocaust (TIME STAMP)
This was a time period when Jews and other different people went to death camps. Their hair would be shaved, they would work to death, they could be put in gas chambers, etc. -
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Hitler's Control(TIME STAMP)
Hitler wanted to take control of Europe and started WW2. He believed in Segregation and put Jews(and others, too) in death camps. Died of suicide -
When Japan Invaded China
Japan wanted control/more land, so they invaded China. Japan took the capital of Najing. -
The Anschluss = Germany taking over Austria)
They formally incorporated Austria into Nazi Germany. Austria was no longer an independent county and was ruled by Nazi Germany. -
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WW2 (TIME STAMP)
Sparked by the Nazi Germany when they invaded Poland. This was a bloody 6 years where the Allies eventually beat the Axis. -
Invasion of Czechoslovakia
This was when Hitler broke the agreement and Germany invaded Czechoslovakia. They took over Bohemia, and established a protectorate over Slovakia -
Invasion of Poland
This was when Germany invaded Poland initiating WW2. Nazi ended up occupying western Poland. -
The Neutrality Act of 1939
The Act ended the munition embargo of "Cash and Cary" because the US was barred from transporting goods to belligerent ports -
The Fall of France
As France continued to be attacked, it lost weapons, soldiers, and strategies. This led to them surrendering to the Germans and their fall. -
The Battle of Britain
This was a major air battle that was mostly fought over England. Britain won against Germany and this became a superior victory . -
US Oil Embargo on Japan
This was when the US made a ban on oil exports to "aggressor countries." This included Japan which needed the oil for force. -
The attack on Pearl Harbor
This was when the Japanese Air and Sea Force attacked the Pearl Harbor Naval Base in Hawaii. They destroyed many of the US battleships and this is what got the US officially in the war. -
The Bataan Death March
This was when 75,000 US and Filipinos were forced to make a 65-mile march to prison camps. After the US surrender, the Japanese took control of the are,a and the POW -
Battle of Midway Island
This was a naval battle, fought mostly with aircraft. The US destroyed Japan's first-line carrier strengths and their best pilots. -
Battle of Stalingrad
This was a battle that stopped German advancement in the Soviet Union. This also was the turning point in the war in favor of the Allies. -
D-Day (Operation Overlord)
This was when Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy to march eastward and defeat the German troops. This was one of the biggest assaults against Germany in WW2. -
The Yalta Conference
This was a conference to plan out the occupation of post-war Germany. It also discussed the re-establishment of war-torn Europe., -
V-E Day
This was also called Victory on Europe Day. This was when Europe celebrated the end close ending of the war and when Germany surrendered to the Allies, including the US -
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
The bomb dropped on Hiroshima was called,"Little Boy." Killed hundreds of thousands of people who are still affected today. -
Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
This bomb used was called " Fat Man." This brought even greater destruction but also averted even greater losses.