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Japan Invades Manchuria
An attempt by the Japanese Empire to gain control over the whole province. -
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Italy Invades Ethiopia
A colonial war between the armed forces of the Italy and Ethiopian Empire. -
Olympic Games in Germany
International multi-sport event that was held in 1936 in Berlin, Nazi Germany. -
Anschluss
The annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany. -
Germany Takes the Sudetenland
Nazi-Germany demands that Sudetenland be annexted to Germany. -
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German Invasion of Poland
A joint invasion of Poland, that marked the beginning of WWII. -
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Battle of Britain
Military campaign in wich the Royal Air Force defended UK against German Air Force. -
Tripartite Pact is Signed
The axis powers are formed as Germany, Italy, and Japan became allies with the signing of this act in Berlin. -
Lend Lease Act
The principal means for providing US military aid to foreign nations. -
Germany Attacks Soviet Union
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Atlantic Charter
A policy statement wich defined the Allied goals for the postwar world. -
Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor
A surprise military ttack by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service. -
Four Freedoms Speech
Roosevelt insisted that people in all nations share Americans entitlement.
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Casablanca Conference
This conference was to plan the Allied European strategy for the next phase of WWII. -
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Tehran Conference
A strategy meeting of Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill after the Angelo-Soviet invasion of Iran. -
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Battle of Normandy
Western Allies launched the largest land and sea invasion in history when tey attack Normandy. -
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Battle of the Bulge
The last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during WWII. -
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Yalta Conference
Meeting of the heads of government of the US,UK, and Soviet Union.. Discussing Germany and Europe's postwar reorganization. -
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Battle of Iwo Jima
U.S Marine Corps landed and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Army. -
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Battle of Okiniawa
Battle of the Pacific War by U.S Marine and Army forces against the Japanese Army. -
Germany Surrenders
Officially surrenders to the Allies, bringing an end to the European conflict. -
Bombing of Hiroshima
During WWII, an American b-29 bober dropped the first deployed atomic bomb over Hiroshima, Japan. -
Bombing of Nagasaki
The US dropped nuclear weapons on the Japanses cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. -
Official Japanese Surrender
Surrender of Imperial Japan. -
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Battle of Midway
A naval battle in the Pacific Theater of WWII.
