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HISTORY OF WWII
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Jap Invasion of Manchuria
Japan invaded Manchuria without approval of their government This demonstrated the weakness of Japans government and strength of Japan nationalist -
Hitler became chancellor
.Hitler became top position in government
Started rebuilding Germant and breaking the Treaty of Versailles and gaining totalitarian dictatorship -
The Anschuluss
(Austrians government agreement of the union with Germany)
Austria refused and of a result, German troops were sent to the country Showed Germany wasn't listening to the treaty of Versailles and no one was doing anything to stop him -
Kristallnacht
Nazis torched a Jewish house of prayer(synagogues), vandalized Jewish homes, schools and businesses
Showed the violent acts that Hitler was willing to take and how Jews was one of his primary targets
*Start of concentration camps -
Germanys invasion of Poland
Germany invaded Poland
Started WWII
Hitler convinced German people that Poland attacked Germany by using a German criminal dressed in Polish military uniforms dead body he had had murdered
Showed Germany was willing to manipulate many people to gain world and power and work towards Hitlers own personal motives -
Dunkirk
German troops trapped thousands of Allied soldiers at the French port of Dunkirk which were nearly all of British forces. Allied ships and civilian boats saved many and carried them back to Great Britian.
Showed the was wasnt easy and how important the rescued forces were for Great Britians defense later on
Also showed the bravery of soldiers and logic of no man left behind -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Japans suprise attack on Pearl Harbor (Hawiaa naval base)
This is what convinced the United States to declare war -
Bataan Death March
Japan forced thousands of Allie soldiers hostage to march through the forests of Bataan-- resulting in many deaths due to sickness and starvation
Showed that the war was hard and many people had to sacrifice.
Also was another thing to add to the list of reasons the U.S would "get back at" Japan. -
Battle of Midway
The U.S. and Japan fought in the Pacific Ocean to gain control of the sea and importing.
U.S. won
Showed U.S. was gaining more ground and getting an advantage -
D Day
Allies large invasion of mainland Europe that was one of the largest battles ever. Costly, but succesful time for Allie troops that allowed them to free other areas from German control
--One of their great victories, that showed courage, and how costly and hard the war was -
Battle of Bulge
German suprise attack that came close to winning back their vital grounds but was unsuccessful.
Symbol of American(Allies) strength and determination -
Yalta Conference
Meeting in Yalta that included Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joeseph Stallin.
Discussed their plans for the end of the war and peace plan that would follow. Included makling plans on what to do with Germany after being conquered,
-- Major thing that determined life after war and even how to end it. -
V E Day
Victory in Europe day
Germany surrendered
Showed the war was coming to an end -
Bombing of Hiroshima
an American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima
This is what ultimately got Japan to unconditonally surrender. -
V J Day
Japans emperor surrendered
Ended war!!
