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Japan invades Manchuria
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. -
Holocaust
January 30, 1933 to May 8, 1945, when the war in Europe officially ended. 6 million Jews were killed. -
Hitler made Chancellor of Germany
Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor if Germany after the President of Germany dies. He abolishes all political parties, except the Nazi party. -
Neutrality Act
meant to keep US out of war! prohibited sale of arms to warring nations. can not travel on warring country's vessels. -
Quarantine speech
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. -
Anschluss
Hitler announces an "Anschluss" between Germany and Austria, because he was born there. This makes Austria become part of Germany. -
Munich Agreement
Germany talked the United Kingdom, Italy, and France into giving up the Sudetenland. Czech Government resigns. -
Non-agression Act
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. -
Agreement of Mutual Assistance
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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WWII
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Declaring War on Germany
Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany, after Germany invaded Poland. -
Battle of the Atlantic begins
Canda declares War on Germany. -
Phony War
This was when there was no action in Western Europe between September 1939 and the spring of 1940 -
Invasion of Poland
The invasion of Poland by Germany forces, initatates the official start of WWII. -
cash and carry policy
If you come to our ports with money then we will give you arms; for anyone -
Atempted assassination on Hitler
a bomb explodes just after Hitler finished giving a speech, but he was left unharmed. -
Battle of Britain beguins
intense air battle between the Germans and the British over Great Britain's airspace from July 1940 to May 1941 -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, in Hawaii. More than 2,300 Americans were killed. -
Bataan death march
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. -
Doolittle Raid
16 American bombers attacked Tokyo. It didn't do much damage, but it gave Americans hope and the Japanese started to worry. -
Battle of the Coral Sea
Sent the Pacific fleet's two air craft carriers, the allies stopped the Japanese invasion of New Guinea. May 4-8 -
Battle of Midway
We broke the Japanese code. Evens playing feild. stops Japanese expansion -
Guadalcanal
United States and Pacific Allies fought air-sea-land battle against the Japanese for possession of the island of Guadalcanal. -
Stalingrad
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. -
Operation Torch
Invasion of North Africa. First time Americans see battle. -
Italy Surrenders
After Allies invade Sicily, Italian Fascist leaders opposed to Mussolini began to remove him. They surrendered after Mussolini was overthrown. -
Mussolini excuted
Partisan leaders, lead by Communists, decided to execute Mussolini and 15 other leading Fascists. -
D-Day invasion
General Dwight Eisenhower led U.S. and Allied troops in an invasion of Normandy, France. -
Battle of Leyte gulf
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. -
Battle of the Buldge
Last major offense of the Germans, Germans created bulge in allied lines but it failed. -
Iwo Jima
American's gain contol of the volcanic island 750 miles away from Tokyo. -
Firestorm raid of Japan
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Okinawa
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. -
Death of FDR
Rooservelt suffered a massive cerebral hemorrhage that ended his life in minutes. -
Suicide of Hitler
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. -
VE day
Germany's offical surrender -
Hiroshima
When America dropped the atomic bombs on Japan in order to end the war., killing about 78,000 people and injuring 100,000 more. -
Nagasaki
August 9, the second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, killing another 40,000 people. -
Surrender of Japan
The official surender of Japan.
