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Japan invaded Manchuria
cause: needed raw materials to industrialize
effect : Japan industrialized -
Hitler came into Power, beginning of Holocaust
cause: he wanted to "restore" his country to it's former glory
effect : militarization , war -
Japan invaded China
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Hitler attacked Poland
Effect: WWII started, b
Cause: Hitler wanted more "breathing room for Germany" -
Stalin got the Finns to surrender
Cause: Wanted more Land
Effect : The Soviet had more land -
Hitler attacked Denmark + Norway
Cause : So it would be easier to launch strikes on Great Britain
Effect : got land -
British ships saved french troops from germans
Cause : German forces was surrounding them pushing them toward the sea
Effect : Britain saved them -
Germans take paris
Cause : resistance in France began to crumble
Effect : France started to fall -
French leaders surrendered to the Germans
Cause : grew tired or resisting
Effect : Germans took control of northern france -
Hitler began to bomb Britain and plan attack on Soviet Union
Cause(s) : needed to defeat the RAF, & needed more land
Effect : attack Britain & Nonaggression pact was over -
Germans started bombing Britain's cities
Cause : to weaken them and hit it where it hurts
Effect : british didnt give up, they still fought back -
Mussolini pushed French troops back in Egypt
Cause : British controlled egypt
Effect : both sides waited until the next move was made -
Germans started bombing Great Britain at night
Causes : so the British wouldn't detect them
Effects : British slept in bomb shelters -
Britsh fought back against Mussolini
Cause : made the first move after waiting
Effect : took 130,000 italian prisoners -
Hitler gave up on Britain
Cause : tired of fighting
Effect : focused more on tge mediterranean and Eastern Europe -
Hitler attacked the soviet union
Cause : wanted to move East, and wanted more oil
Effect : Starved 2.5 million Soviets -
German forces put Leningrad under seige
Cause : to push the soviets out
Effect : city was cut off from the rest of the soviets -
japan attack pearl harbor
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Rommel retreated against Britain
Cause :fierce fighting
Effect : turn point in the battle -
Rommel took over Tobruk
Cause : regrouped
Effect : success in North Africa -
battle of Stalingrad
cause: Hitler still wanted land oil & continued to push east
Effect: 2 million dead, Russia won -
operation torch
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Hitler didnt get the soviets to retreat
Cause : soviets were used to the weather, germans were not
Effects : 500,000 germans died -
Opp: overload ( D-day)
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bombing of Hiroshima
cause: the united states wanted the war to be over, wanted Japan to surrender
Effect: 700,000 civilians killed -
Mussolini executed
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Hitler committed suicide
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End of holocaust; Allies declared victory over Germany
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japan surrendered