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Invasion of Manchuria
Japan into parts of China, led by Tojo. -
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World War II
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Invasion of Ethiopia
The Italians invades Ethiopia with tanks, wins incredibly. -
Munich Conference
Sudetendland enforcement happens from Hitler, extreme appeasement. -
Nonagression Pact
Soviet Union's secret deal with Stalin. -
World War II Starts
The War starts by Germany invading Poland. -
Allied Powers
Britain and France declare war on Germany. -
Escape at Dunkirk
340,000 troops escape. -
Battle of Britain
London, England. Bombs/military targets. -
Lend Lease Act
U.S. was allowing weapons to be "lent' to Britain regardless of pay. -
Atlantic Charter
Roosevelt and Churchill secretly meet in the middle of the Atlantic to discuss their thoughts on the War. -
Tojo Takes Control
Hideki Tojo takes control of Japan. -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese attacks the U.S. Pacific Fleet, ruining American isolationism. -
Doolittle Raid
American bombers attacked Tokyo, didn't do much damage though. -
Battle of Coral Sea
Japan attempts New Guinea, U.S.S. Lexington lost. -
Battle of Midway
Two small islands between Hawaii and Japan. Japanese code was broken. -
D-Day
101st Airborne parachuted behind enemy lines, Allied blitzkrieg -
V-E Day
Formal end of war in Europe. -
Hiroshima
80,000 killed in Japan -
Nagaski
Over 40,000 killed -
Japan Surrenders
Emperor Hirohito surrenders over radio.
