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Japanese Invasion of Manchuria
The Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria -
Italy invades Ethiopia
Plan to boost Italian national prestige, which was wounded by Ethiopia's defeat of Italian forces at the Battle of Adowa in the nineteenth century (1896) -
Olympic Games of Germany
The reason Germany outbid the other countries was because they wanted to use the Olympics for propaganda -
Anschluss
Hitler wanted all German-speaking nations in Europe to be a part of Germany. He had designs on re-uniting Germany with his native homeland, Austria, -
Germany takes the Sudentenland
They got the Sudetenland because Hitler said he wouldn't invade Czechoslovakia if the Prime Minster let him have control of Sudetenland. -
German Invasion of Poland
Joint invasion between Germany and the Soviet Union; marked the beginning of WWII in Europe. -
Battle of Britain
Was a battle between the Britain air force and the German air force if Britain would've lost they probably would've been took over by German ground troops. -
Tripartite Pact signed
This is the treaty that brung the axis powers together -
Four Freedoms Speech
It was a speech given to the world by FDR telling people the Four Freedoms everyone in the world should have -
Lend Lease Act
Program provided for military aid to any country whose defense was vital to the security of the United States. -
Germany attacks Soviet Union
Because Hitler saw the Soviet Union as a threat for him and taking over europe. -
Atlantic Charter
A joint declaration released by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill following a meeting of the two heads of state in Newfoundland. Also, it provided a broad statement of the U.S. and British war aims. -
Japan attacks Peal Harbor
It intended to destroy important American fleet units. Preventing the Pacific Fleet from interfering with Japanese conquest of the Dutch East Indies and to enable Japan to conquer Southeast Asia without interference. -
Battle of Midway
Six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the US defeated Japan in one of the most decisive naval battles of World War II. The US was able to preempt and counter Japan’s planned ambush of its few remaining aircraft carriers, inflicting permanent damage on the Japanese Navy. -
Casablanca Conference
It was a conference between the allied powers and they were talking about what they should do next for the war ultimately they all were there to agree that no one stops fighting until the axis powers are gone. -
Tehran Conference
They coordinated their military strategy against Germany and Japan and made a number of important decisions such as focused on the next phases of the war against the Axis powers in Europe and Asia. -
Battle of Normandy
It is also known as D-Day because it was a battle to keep the Nazis from taking over north-west Europe -
Battle of the Bulge
Adolph Hitler attempted to split the Allied armies in northwest Europe by a surprise blitzkrieg thrust through the Ardennes to Antwerp. Caught off-guard, American units fought desperate battles to stem the German advance at St.-Vith, Elsenborn Ridge, Houffalize and Bastogne. As the Germans drove deeper into the Ardennes in an attempt to secure vital bridgeheads, the Allied line took on the appearance of a large bulge, giving rise to the battle’s name. -
Yalta Conference
The February 1945 Yalta Conference was the second wartime meeting of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. During the conference, the three leaders agreed to demand Germany’s unconditional surrender and began plans for a post-war world. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The American invasion of Iwo Jima during World War II stemmed from the need for a base near the Japanese coast. Iwo Jima was defended by roughly 23,000 Japanese army and navy troops, who fought from an elaborate network of caves, dugouts, tunnels and underground installations. -
Battle of Okinawa
The last and biggest of the Pacific island battles of World War II, the Okinawa campaign (April 1—June 22, 1945) involved the 287,000 troops of the U.S. Tenth Army against 130,000 soldiers of the Japanese Thirty-second Army. -
Germany surrenders
Germany signed an unconditional surrender at Allied headquarters in Reims, France, to take effect the following day, ending the European conflict of World War II. -
U.S. drops bomb on Hiroshima
The purpose of dropping the bomb one Hiroshima was so that japan knew we meant business and would do anything to stop the war and make them surrender -
Bombing of Nagasaki
Two senior American military figures, General Groves and Admiral Purnell, were convinced that two atomic bombs dropped within days of the other would have such an overwhelming impact on the Japanese government that it would surrender. -
Official Japanese surrender
By the summer of 1945, the defeat of Japan was a foregone conclusion. The Japanese navy and air force were destroyed. The Allied naval blockade of Japan and intensive bombing of Japanese cities had left the country and its economy devastated. At the end of June, the Americans captured Okinawa, a Japanese island from which the Allies could launch an invasion of the main Japanese home islands.