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Japan invades Manchuria- Kwantung army of the empire of japan invaded Manchuria immediately after the Mukden incident.
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Italian forces attack and take Ethiopia as territory during the war.
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Olympic games in Germany- used for propaganda purposes during war
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Germany takes the Sudetenland- Took place after the Munich agreement, part of the borderland was annexed by Poland.
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Anschluss- Hitler wanted all German speaking nations in Europe to be a part of Germany.
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German troops march through Poland and take as Territory triggering the start of WWII.
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Battle of Britain- turning point of war, ended when germany Luftwaffe failed to gain air superiority.
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Tripartite pact signed- Germany, Italy, and Japan becomes allies, after signing of tripartite pact.
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The Lend Lease act was made to promote the Defense of the United States (U.S)
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The Four Freedoms were goals articulated by the US president Franklin D. Roosevelt on this date.
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German Troops strike deep into soviet union territory and break the truce between the two.
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Atlantic Charter- Policy statement issued during WWii, defined the Allied goals.
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Japan sneak attacks pearl Harbor and bombs many us warships and kills many us people.
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Battle of Midway- US navy defeats a Japanese attack against midway.
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The Casablanca Conference was held in anfla hotel in casablanca to plan the Allied strategy for the next phase of wwii.
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The Tehran Conference was a strategy meeting of Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill.
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Battle of Normandy- D-Day, Allied forces attack German forces on coast of Normandy.
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Battle of the bulge- US biggest battle in their history (600,000 american troops).
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The Yalta Conference was a wwii meeting held by the governments of the US, UK and The SU, or Soviet union to discuss Germany and Europe's postwar reorganization.
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Battle of Iwo Jima- Captured the island Iwo Jima from the imperial Japanese army.
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Battle of okinawa- know as operation iceberg, largest landing in the pacific theater in WWii
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Germany surrenders ending the war in Europe.
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US drops first Atomic bomb on Hiroshima- ordered to bring the war to a fast ending.
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Bombing of Nagasaki- second Atomic bomb dropped at nagasaki, leading to japan's surrender.
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Official Japanese surrender- Japanese navy became incapable of major operations in the war
