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This is the day that Germany invaded the Rhineland and takes their first piece of land.
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Britain and France follow the policy of appeasmente, Hitler gets Sudetenland.
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Germany invaded the Sudetenland first and then the rest of Czechoslovakia later that year.
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Germany and the USSR created the Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact and then together invaded Poland from both sides. Poland was taken over in about three weeks.
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1940 was a huge year of invasions for Germany. They invaded Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxenburg, and France.
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The Japanese attack Pearl Harbor. This marks the U.S. entry into WWII.
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Battle fought only by only by aircraft carriers. Stopped Japanese advance on Australia.
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Led by Chester W. Nimitz, and was fought by aircraft. Broke the Japanese code.
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Allied victory of the last German offensive on the Eastern front.
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The battle for to contol of an airbase. U.S. won, but it took six months.
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Lead by Eisenhower, defeated Ervin Rommel's forces. 20,000 U.S. soldiers killed or wounded.
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The Allies enter German invaded France through the English Channel. This was the start of pushing German forces back into Germany.
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This was a combination of three battles fought in the sea and air and the Americans won them all.
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Allies defeat the final German offensive on the Western Front.
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Meeting of FDR, Churchill, and Stalin to plan for post war.
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The U.S. fought a 25 day assult and 4,000 Americans died. This is where the U.S. sent off bomb raids from.
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This was a battle that was led by MacArthur and with a huge number of casulties on both sides.
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Germany surrenders unconditionally.
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May 8, 1945 was the day that German troops laid down their arms, named Victory in Europe day.
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This was held near Berlin. Stalin, Truman, and Churchill decide to split up Germany, and also tell Japan: surrender or be destroyed.
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The U.S. dropped the first atomic bomb on Japanese city Hiroshima. Followed by another on Nagasaki on August 9. Japan surrenders on August 10.
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V-J Day is Victory in Japan Day. This came after the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan.
