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Japanese Invasion of China
Japanese invaded China because they wanted more power over more space. -
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German Blitzkrieg
Blitkrieg was a military tactic used to create chaos and disorder. -
Ribbentrop/Molotov Pact
The pact was a "non-agression' pact signed by Hitler and Stalin that basically stated what area Germany had and what Russia had. -
Germany's invasion of Poland
Germany and the Soviet Union invaded Poland and marked the start of WWII -
Fall of Paris
Vichy government took over and was on Germany's side and there was little to nohing the people of France could do about it. -
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa was a giant invasion on the Soviet Union -
Pearl Harbor
The Japanese attacked the American Naval base at Pearl Harbor. -
Wannsee Conference
This was when the Nazi's met up and had a meeting about what would be done to the jewish people. -
Bataan Death March
Fillipino and American Troops made a 65mile walk to prison camps. -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
The people of aJewish ghetto staged an armed revolt against concentraion camps. -
Operation Gomorrah
British aircraft dropped tons of bombs on Hamburg. -
D-Day (Normandy Invasion)
Ivasion of france by American forces -
Battle of Iwo Jima
U.S. takes control over iwo jima fromJapan. -
Battle of Okinawa
Battle over vital air bases over the invasion of Japan. -
Liberation of Concentration camps
Hitler blamed the loss of the war on the Jews so he had them sent to horrible concentraion camps where they lived in terrible coditions, starved, beaten, and killed -
VE Day
Day to celebrate victory in Europe. -
Operation Thunderclap
allied bombing on Dresden that killed over 60000 people. -
Dropping of the atomic bombs
United States dropped the first atomic bomb "Little Boy" on Hiroshima causing everlasting effects. -
VJ Day
This day announces Japan surrendering to the allies marking the end of the war. -
Battle of the Bulge
The last of what the Germans did in WWII causing them all to go back to Germany.
