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Japan invades Manchuria
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Neutrality Acts of the US
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Italy Takes Over Ethiopia
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Hitler enters France
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Anschluss of Australia
Violated the versailles treaty and created a breif war scare. since the Western deocracies took no action, Hitler easily had his way. -
Munich Conference
Spetember 1938 British and French leaders again chose appeasement. They caved into Hitlers demands and then persuaded the czeehs to surrender the studeten land with out a fightm in exchange Hitler assured Btitish and France that he had no further plans to expand his territory. -
Hitler takes over Czechoslovakia
Bound Hitler and Stalinto peaceful relations. -
Nazi-Soviet Pact
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Invasion of Poland
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Genasis of WWII
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Hitler launches Blitzkried on Norway amd Belgium
He launched Blitzkried to Norway and Denmark soon both of them fell. -
Germany enters France
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Hitler slams Netherlands and Belgium
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France falls
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Operation Sealion and Blitz on London
The invasion of Britian, getting ready for invasion, he launched massive air strikes against the Island nation. -
Axis Powers take overt North Africa and the Balkans
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Operation Sea Lion fails
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Hitler enacts Operation Babarossa
A plan that took its name from the medevil germanic leader, Frederick, Babarossa -
German Siege of Leningrad (Russia)
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Japan attaks Pearl Harbor
Tojo ordered a surprise attak. Happened in Hawaii took 2400 people and destroyed battleships. -
Us declares war on Japan
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Germany and Italy declare war on the US
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Japan loses the Bttle of the Coral Sea
A goal of the U.S to defeat the japanese one island at a time and allowed them to move North. -
Japan loses the Battle of Midway
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The "Big 3" meet
In 1942 the "Big 3"- Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin agreed to focus on finishing the war in Europe before trying to end the war in Asia. -
Hitler Launches New Offensive on Stalinground
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Germans Surrender at Stalinground
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Allies Seize North Africa
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Italians surrender to Allies
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Kamikaze Missions
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Yalta Conference
Meeting between Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin on February 1945 where the three lewaders made agreements reguarding the end of WWII. -
D-Day Assault
Just before midnight on June 5th, allied planes dropped paratroopers behind enemy lines. Then at dawn, thoudands of ships ferried 156,000 allied troops across the English Channel. -
Battle of the Bulge
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Cold War Begins
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November Nuremberg Trials
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British and American Froce Cross Rhine/Battle of Okinawa
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Charter of the United States
Countries formed a world organization to play a greater role in world affairs. -
Roosevelt Dies, Truman Becomes President
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Hitler Commits Scuicide
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V.E Day
Victory in Europe Day, May 8th, 1945 the the allies won WWII in Europe. -
First Test of Manhattan Project/ Truman warns Japan to Surrender
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U.S drops A-Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The A-Bomb flattened 4 square miles and instantly killed more than 70,000 people. In the months that follow, many more would die from radiation sickness, a deadly aftr affect of explosure to radio active materials. -
Japan Surrenders
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Formal Peace Treaty Signed on the American Battleship Missouri
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Battle of Iwo Jima
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Truman Doctrine Adopted
A doctrine named after President Truman to contain communism. -
The Division of Germany
The Soviets were angry because because the Western Allies reuilt West Germany's economy. The Soviets Controlled East Germany. -
Marshall Plan Enacts
To beat communism and strength democracy, the US offered money or aid packages to help countrys rebuild. -
The Berlin Airlift
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NATO Signed
Countries Pledged to felp one another if any of their own miliitary was attaked. -
Warsaw Pact
The Soviet's respond to NATO and formed their own military alliances.
