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Japanese invasion of Manchuria (Manchuko)
Japan invaded and stayed in Manchuria during the war
It gave japan a place to find refuge -
Hitler made Chancellor of Germany
Hitler became the leader of Germany
This helped Hitler gain popularity and power -
The Munich Pact
Agreement signed by Germany, Great Britain, Italy, and France to give Sudetenland to Germany
solve problem about Czechoslovakia -
Kristallnacht
Nazis invaded many jewish homes
This was the beggining of what became the holocaust -
Invasion of Poland
Germany invaded Poland
It was the final straw for other countries so they stepped into help -
Dunkirk
Battle between allies and Germany
British forces evacuated from Europe -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Japan bombed the US naval base at pearl harbor
This ultimately drug the US into the war -
Bataan Death March
Japanese forced thousands of American and Philippine soldiers to march 65 miles to prison camps and many of the soldiers died
After the war was over this became considered a Japanese war crime -
Battle of Midway
Battle between us and japan fought near the tiny us pacific base of midway atoll
Took out a lot of Japans navy and turned Japan to the defensive side -
D- Day
US troops invade the beaches of normandy
most significant victory of the western allies... got a hold of part of nazi france -
Battle of the Bulge
Last major offensive of the war attempting to push the allies back and turn the war in hitlers favor
It showed Germanys final attempt at winning the war -
Yalta Conference
The big three got together to discuss how to govern post war Europe
Led into the cold war -
V E Day
Germany surrenders
Ended WWII -
The bombing of Hiroshima
The first time atonic bomb was used
Cause Japan to surrender -
V J Day
Japan surrenders
End of WWII
