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Japanese invasion of Manchuria
Manchuria was invaided by Kwantung army of Japan, Japan established a puppet state called Manchukuo, and it lasted until the end of World War II -
Hilter made Chancellor of Germany
Hitler promised germany that he would help fix the problems of World War I and was mad chancellor, and started making an army and invaiding neighboring countries. -
The Anschluss
Was when Austria was anexed into nazi germany -
Kristallnacht
Series of attacks against the Jews from Nazi Germany, carried out by the paramilitary forces and non-jewish civilians at least 91 were killed and 30,000 were arested and put in concentration camps. -
Invasion of Poland
German invasion on Poland, said to be the causse of World War II. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Suprise military attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese on the US Naval base in Hawaii, the attack lead to the entry of America to World War II. -
Bataan Death March
Forced march of American and Phillipeno prisioners of the Japanese, the terrible conditions and horrible treatment lead to about 10,000 deaths -
Battle of Midway
Six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States defeated a Japanese Navy attack on MIdway Atoll, causing great damage to the japanese fleet. -
Dunkirk
During the battle of France, Germans cut off some of the French Exeditionary force, then they retreated to dunkirk, German land forces could have destroyed the expeditionary force but it is said that Hilter called off the army. -
D-Day
Beginning at 6:30 am, the allies invaded Normandy in operation overloard. The term D day was used for the day of the accual landing. There where two landings an airborne assault and an amphibiouse landing. -
Battle of the Bulge
Heading towards the end of the war, during the winter, Germany launched a counteroffensive inteded to cut through the allied forces and take a turn in favor of Hitler -
Yalta Conference
Was the World War I meeting of the heads of government, it was intended to mainly discuss the re-establishment of the nations of war torn Europe. -
V E Day
The public holiday to mark the date when World War II allies accepted the surrender of the armed forces of Nazi Germany. -
Bombing of Hiroshima
The Allies bombed Hiroshima and Nagaski japan, resulting in 166,000 killed in Hiroshima, and 80,000 in Nagaski with a total of 246,000 deaths. -
V J Day
The name choosen for the day in which japan surrendered, efectively ending World War II.
