The start of World War 2

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  • Japan invades China

    Japan invades China
    The Japanese invasion of Manchuria began when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria.

  • German Blitzkrieg

    German Blitzkrieg
    Blitzkrieg is the German term for "lightning war". It is used to disorganize the enemy forces through mobile forces and locally concentrated firepower. Hitler used it to invade Poland.

  • Pearl harbor

    Pearl harbor
    The attack started at 7:55 A.M., and ended at 9:45 A.M.. The Japanese attacked the U.S. without warning on a Sunday. They thought we would let our guard down on a weekend.

  • D Day

    D Day
    More than 160,000 Allied troops landed along the French coastline to fight Nazi Germany.

  • VE Day

    VE Day
    After six years and millions of lives lost, the Nazi empire was crushed and the war in Europe was finally over.

  • Dropping of the atomic bombs

    Dropping of the atomic bombs
    An American B-29 bomber dropped the worlds first deployed atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.Immediately killing 80,000 people, later killing more from the radiation.