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Japan wants to expand, so it invades Manchuria, China. Even though China is bigger than Japan, China was going through a civil war so it was weak and vulnerable.
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January 30, 1933 to May 8, 1945, when the war in Europe officially ended. 6 million Jews were killed.
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Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor if Germany after the President of Germany dies. He abolishes all political parties, except the Nazi party.
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meant to keep US out of war! prohibited sale of arms to warring nations. can not travel on warring country's vessels.
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One of FDR's most famous speeches, said war is like a sickness. He believed it was the responsibility of democratic nations like the U.S. to stop the spread of totaltarianism.
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Hitler announces an "Anschluss" between Germany and Austria, because he was born there. This makes Austria become part of Germany.
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Germany talked the United Kingdom, Italy, and France into giving up the Sudetenland. Czech Government resigns.
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Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union met and signed the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact, which guaranteed that the two countries would not attack each other.
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Between United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Polish Government, says that if any of these countries are attacked then the other countries will come to their aid.
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Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany, after Germany invaded Poland.
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Canda declares War on Germany.
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This was when there was no action in Western Europe between September 1939 and the spring of 1940
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The invasion of Poland by Germany forces, initatates the official start of WWII.
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If you come to our ports with money then we will give you arms; for anyone
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a bomb explodes just after Hitler finished giving a speech, but he was left unharmed.
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intense air battle between the Germans and the British over Great Britain's airspace from July 1940 to May 1941
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Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, in Hawaii. More than 2,300 Americans were killed.
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90,000 to 100,000 allied prisoners of war captured by the Japanese in the Philippines, they were forced to march 55 miles. They were starved and mistreated, and many who fell were bayoneted.
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16 American bombers attacked Tokyo. It didn't do much damage, but it gave Americans hope and the Japanese started to worry.
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Sent the Pacific fleet's two air craft carriers, the allies stopped the Japanese invasion of New Guinea. May 4-8
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We broke the Japanese code. Evens playing feild. stops Japanese expansion
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United States and Pacific Allies fought air-sea-land battle against the Japanese for possession of the island of Guadalcanal.
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Considered to be the turning point in the War, in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad. It was a Soviet victory. Was said to be the beginning of the end for Germany.
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Invasion of North Africa. First time Americans see battle.
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After Allies invade Sicily, Italian Fascist leaders opposed to Mussolini began to remove him. They surrendered after Mussolini was overthrown.
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Partisan leaders, lead by Communists, decided to execute Mussolini and 15 other leading Fascists.
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General Dwight Eisenhower led U.S. and Allied troops in an invasion of Normandy, France.
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Air and sea battle of World War II that crippled the Japanese Combined Fleet, permitted U.S. invasion of the Philippines, the Allies’ get control of the Pacific.
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Last major offense of the Germans, Germans created bulge in allied lines but it failed.
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American's gain contol of the volcanic island 750 miles away from Tokyo.
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killed about 84,000
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Large island 350 miles from Japan. Japanese fled at first to regroup then five days later we were attacked, the bloodiest battle in the pacific.
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Rooservelt suffered a massive cerebral hemorrhage that ended his life in minutes.
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When the Red Army, or Soviet Union was closing in on Hitler's underground bunker in Berlin he shot himself and his body was fround with his dead wife.
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Germany's offical surrender
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When America dropped the atomic bombs on Japan in order to end the war., killing about 78,000 people and injuring 100,000 more.
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August 9, the second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, killing another 40,000 people.
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The official surender of Japan.
