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