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Japanese invasion of Manchuria
The invasion was when Manchuria was invaded by the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan immediately following the Mukden incident. THe Japanese established a puppet state called Manchuko -
Hitler made Chancellar of Germany
Hindenburg appointed Hitler as leader of a government after sighners urged Hindenburg to do so. -
The Anschluss
The Anschuluss, also known as the Anschluss Osterrreichs, was the occupation and annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany. -
Kristallnacht
A program against Jews throughout Nazi Germany and parts of Austria. -
Invasion of Poland
The Invasion of Poland was an invasion of Poland by Germany, the soviet Union, and a small Slovak contingent that marked the beginning of WWII in Europe. -
Dunkirk
A crisis in which a desperate effort is the only alternative to defeat; "THe Russians had to pull off a Dunkirk to get out of there." -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
A United States naval base that was attacked by the Japanese. -
Battaan Death March
The Bataan Death March was the forcible transfer by the imperial Japanese Army of 60000-80000 Filipino and American prisoners of war after the three month Battle of Bataan in the Philippines during WWII -
Battle of Midway
A naval battle of WWII where American planes based on land and one carriers decisvely defeated a Japanese fleet on its way to invade the Midway Islands -
D-Day
Allied forces invaded northern France by ma=eans of beach landings Normandy. -
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of the Ardennes Bulge was a battle during WWII. Von Rundstedt launched a powerful counteroffensive in the forest at Ardennes and caught the Allies by surprize. -
Yalta Conference
A conference held Yalta where Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill planned the final stages of WWII and agreed to the territorial division of Europe. -
V E Day
The Allied victory in Euope which the Germans surrendered -
Bombing of Hiroshima
THe atomic bombing of the cities of Hiroshima and nagasaki in Japan were conducted by the US during the final stages of WWII. -
V J Day
Japan ceased fighting in WWII or on September 2nd when Japan formally surrendered