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japan invades the Chinese province of Manchuria.
9/18/1931- 2/27/1932 -
Hitler is appointed chancellor of Germany -
Japanese soldiers captured the capital of Nanjing, killing over 150000 residents and raping 80000 women in the process.
12/13/1937- 1/?/1938 -
an agreement between the Soviet Union and Germany saying they will not attack eachother -
Germany invades Poland, breaking the Munich conference agreement -
an agreement made between Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France that allowed Germany to take Czechoslovakia if they stopped taking more land. -
a night in which Nazi supporters burned and shattered the windows of Jewish owned businesses in retaliation for a Jewish man assassinating a Nazi official -
The German invasion of France
5/10/1940-6/25/1940 -
the evacuation of more than 338,000 allied soldiers from the Dunkirk beaches.
5/26/1940-6/4/1940 -
A German bombing against Great Britain spanning many months
9/7/1940- 5-11-1941 -
the Selective Training and Service Act is passed to ready America for war. -
German Invasion of the soviet union -
The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor as preventive action against the United States. -
The Bataan Death March was a march forced by the imperial Japanese army. the march involved 80000 Filipino and American prisoners throughout the Philippines. -
The Battle of Midway was a naval battle between the U.S Navy and the Japanese Navy.
6/4/1942-6/7/1942 -
The Battle of Stalingrad was a battle between Nazi Germany and its allies fought and lost against the soviet union for control of Stalingrad. -
D-Day was the day the largest invasion force in human history was brought upon the beaches of Normandy, France. -
German forces made a surprise attack on the allies in hopes of stalling the allied offense on Germany.
12/16/1944-1/25/1945 -
The Yalta Conference was a conference that decided how to divide German resources and land among the U.S, British, French, and Soviet Union. -
The Battle of Iwo Jima was a military campaign between the United States military and the Imperial Japanese military. -
The Battle of Okinawa was a massive battle between Japanese and American forces, comparable to the Battle of Iwo Jima. -
On April 30th 1945, Hitler commits suicide by swallowing a cyanide capsule and a bullet to the head. Germany soon after surrendered tot he Allied Forces -
VE day is the day marking the victory of the allied forces and especially victory in Europe. -
In August of 1945, two atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, leaving both in ruins. -
VJ day is the day japan formally surrendered to the United States forces