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The Holocaust
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Hitler’s Control
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When Japan invaded China
Japan's invasion of China was due to Japan's desire to be an imperial power. There was both an economic and a militaristic element to lead to this desire. -
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The Anschluss.
Refers to the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany on March 12, 1938. The word's German spelling, until the German reform 1996. -
The Neutrality Act of 1939
After a debate in Congress in November of 1939, a final act passed. This Act lifted the arms embargo and put all trade with nations under the terms of “cash-and-carry.” -
The Fall of France
The Battle of France, is also known as the Fall of France. was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries during the Second World War. On 3 September 1939 France had declared war on Germany. -
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Invasion of Poland
After heavy shelling and bombing, Warsaw surrendered to the Germans on September 27, 1939. Britain and France stood by Poland's border. They had declared war on Germany on September 3, 1939. -
The Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain was a military campaign of the Second World War. Also, which the Royal Air Force defended the United Kingdom against large scaled attacks by Nazi Germany's air force. -
US Oil Embargo on Japan
An agreement between Japan and Vichy France, the U.S. froze Japanese assets on July 26, 1941. On August 1 established embargo on oil and gasoline exports to Japan. -
The attack on Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise. Military struck by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the U.S. against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu Hawaii, just before 08:00, in the morning. -
the bataan death march
The Bataan Death March was the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war. Where the prisoners were then loaded onto trains -
the bataan death march
The Bataan Death March was the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war. Where the prisoners were then loaded onto trains. -
Battle of Midway Island
The Battle of Midway was a decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II. This took place 6 months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor -
Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was the largest confrontation of World War II. In which Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia. -
D-Day (Operation Overlord)
The assault phase of Operation Overlord was known as Operation Neptune. The D stands for “day.” This was traditionally used for the date of all important military operation or invasion. -
The Yalta Conference
World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union. This is to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe. -
V-E Day
Victory in Europe Day, generally known as VE Day is a day celebrating the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces -
Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
Three days after the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, a second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. On the day of the bombing, an estimated 263,000 were in Nagasaki. -
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
the American bomber Enola Gay dropped a five-ton bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Equivalent to the power of 15,000 tons of TNT reduced four square miles of the city. -
Invasion of Czechoslovakia
It delayed the splintering of Eastern European Communism. Also it was concluded without provoking any direct intervention from the West.
