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Japan invades Manchuria
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From appeasement to the end of World War II
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Neutrality Acts of the US
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Italy takes over Ethiopia
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Hitler enters France/ Rhineland
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Anschluss of Austria
The Anschluss of Austria violated the Versailles treaty and created a brief war scare. Since the western democrates took no action, Hitler easliy had his way. -
Munich Conference
British and French leaders again chose appeasement. They caved into Hitler's demands and then persuaded the Czechs to surrender the Studetenland without a fight. In exchange, Hitler assured Britain and France that he had no further plans to expand his territory. -
Hitler takes over Czechoslovakia
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Nazi-Soviet Pact
Hitler and Stalin came to peaceful relations and divided up Poland and eastern Europe. -
Invasion of Poland
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Genesis of WWII
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Hitler launches blitzkrieg on Norway and Belgium
Hitler launched a blitzkrieg or lightening war against Norway and Denmark, both of which soon fell. -
Hitler slams Netherlands and Belgium
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Germany enters France
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France Falls
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Operation Sea Lion and Blitz on London
Hitler made plans for Operation Sea Lion, the invasion of Britain. In preparation for the invasion he launched to Soviet Union in massive air strikes against the island nation. -
Axis powers take over North Africaand the Balkans
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Operation Sea Lion Fails
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Hitler enacts Operation Barbarossa
Hitler nullified the Nazi- Soviet Pact by invading the Soveiet Union in Operation Barbarossa, a plan which its name came from the midieval German leader, Frederick Barbarossa. -
Germany's Seige of Leningrad
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Japan attacks Peral Harbor
Japanese airplanes bombed the American fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. the attack took the lives of about 2,400 people and destroyed battleships and aircraft. -
U.S, Declares war on Japan
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Germany and Italy declare war on the US
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Japan loses the Battle of the Coral Sea
The Japanese suffered their frist serious set back at the Battle of Coral Sea. The battle lasted for 5 days. For the first time is naval history the enemy ships never saw eachother and attacks were carried out by planes launched from aircraft carriers or ships that transport aircraft and accomodate the take offs and landings. -
Japan loses the Battle of the Midway
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Hitler launches new offensive on Stalingrad
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The "Big 3" Meet
The Big 3- Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin met and agreed to focus on finishing the war in Europe before trying to end the war in Asia. -
Germans surrender to Stalingrad
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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
Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin meet again in Soviet Union. they agreed that the Soviet Union would enter the war against Japan with in 3 months of Germany's Surrender. -
D_Day Assult
Just before midnight on June 5th, Allies Planes dropped paratroopers behind enemy lines, at dawn thouands of ships ferried 156,000 Allied troops across the English Channel.The troops fought their way to shore. -
Battle of the bulge
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Cold War begins
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Battle of Iwo Jima
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British and American Forces Cross Rhine/Battle of Okinawa
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Roosevelt Dies, Truman becomes president
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Charter of the United Nations
Countries fprmed a world wide organization to play a greater role in world affairs. -
Hitler commits suicide
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Germany Surrenders
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VE Day
Victory in Europe Day. When the allies won WWII in Europe. -
Frist test of the Manhattan Project/Truman warns Japan to surrender
Allied scientists, some German and Italian refugees, conducted research, code-named the Manhattan Project which is a code name for the projects to build the first atomic bomb during WWII. Truman warns Japan to surrender; they don't. -
US drops A-bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
August 6th an American plane dropped an atomic bomb over the city of Hiroshima. the bomb flattened 4 square miles and killed more than 70,000 people. August 9th US dropped the 2nd atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki, killing more than 40,000 people. -
Japan Surrenders
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Formal Peace Treaty signed on the American Battleship Missouri
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Nuremberg Trials
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Truman Doctrine Adopted
A Doctrine named after President Truman. It was meant to contain communism. -
The division of Germany
The Soveits were angry because the Western Allies helped rebuild West Germany's economy. The Soviets controlled East Germany. -
Marshall Plan Enacted
The Marshall Plan was enacted to beat communism and strenghten deomcracy, the US offered money or aid packages to help countries rebuild. -
The Berlin Airlift
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NATO signed
NATO- North American Trade Organization. Countries pledged to helo one another if any one of them were attacked. -
Warsaw Pact
The Soviet's responded to NATO and formed their own military alliances.
