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WW2 Timespan
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Japan invades Manchuria
Japan Invades manchuria marking Japans entrane into the war -
Germany Reaccupies the Rhineland
Germany enters back into the neutral Rhineland -
Spanish civil war
The Spanish Civil war began after a military rebellion -
Germany invades Poland
The invasion was to expand Hitlers powers -
Start of the war in Atlantic/European Theater
Germany invades Poland causing the War to begin the the European Continent -
Battle of Britian
The air battle that halted the exspansion of the Nazi army and was a major air battle -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Japanese aircraft kamakazies into the base in Hawii -
- Start of the war in Pacific Theater
Fight against Japan and the allied powers in the Pacific Ocean. Cuases included Pearl Harbor bombing -
- U.S. joins the war
The US enters the war after the Japanese plane kamakazies Pearl Harbor -
The battle of Midway
Was the most important battle in the naval Pacific. The US destroyed many carries of the Japanese with few Japanese suriviors -
Battle of stalingrad
The major battle on the Eastern front of the war lead to the bleedding out of many German resources and a major turning point int he war. A battle for the city of Stalingrad in Russia. German offensive -
Okinawa falls
Last and largest battle in the Pacific Theater allowing the U.S. to move its troops to the closets point to Japan through Island hopping. -
D-day
The allied powers land troops in Normandy so that they can gain a foothold against hitler -
Battle of the Buldge
the Germans launched a major offenseive killing many AMericans and forming a sort of buldge in the line until they were eventually stalled and defeated -
Battle of Iwo Jima
the battle of the US marines agaisnt Japanes island Iwo Jima. Caused a better vantage point for the U.S army to attack Japan -
V-E day
The European Allies Defeat Hitler after the he commits suicide -
Hiroshima
Little boy was dropped in Japan -
Nagasaki
The U.S drops Fat Man to finish off the Japanese -
V-J day
Japanese Powers declare surrender after the atomic bombs were dropped on the cities
