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Japanese Invasion of Manchuria
The Japs were wanting more raw materials to fuel its growing economy so they invaded Manchuria in hoping to get the materials they wanted and needed. -
Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany
following lots of negotiations which included industrialists, Hindenburg's son, the former chancellor Franze von Papen, and Hitler, Hindenburg appointed Hitler chancellor of Germany on January 30th 1933 -
The Nanking Massacre
the Japanese Imperial Army began its seizure of Nanjing, the capital of the Republic of China. Japanese troops killed remnant Chinese soldiers in violation of the laws of war, murdered Chinese civilians, raped Chinese women, and destroyed or stole Chinese property. -
The Munich Conference
To avoid war, France and the United Kingdom permitted Nazi Germany to incorporate the Sudetenland. But Hitler didn't listen and proceeded to capture the Sudetenland. -
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht or the Night of Broken Glass also called the November pogrom, was a pogrom against Jews carried out by the Nazi Party's Sturmabteilung paramilitary and Schutzstaffel paramilitary forces -
Non-Aggression Pact is signed
Germany and the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression pact., known as the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. The countries agreed that they would not attack each other and secretly divided the countries that lay between them. -
Germany's Invasion of Poland/Blitzkrieg
The invasion of Poland was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union which marked the beginning of World War II. -
Fall of Paris
Paris fell to Nazi Germany on June 14, 1940, one month after the German Wehrmacht stormed into France. Eight days later, France signed an armistice with the Germans, and a puppet French state was set up with its capital at Vichy. -
Dunkirk
The Battle of Dunkirk was fought around the French port of Dunkirk during the Second World War, between the Allies and Nazi Germany. -
The Blitz
The Blitz was a German bombing campaign against the United Kingdom, in 1940 and 1941, during the Second World War. The term was first used by the British press and originated from the term Blitzkrieg, the German word meaning 'lightning war'. -
Selective Training and Service Act is passed
this act required all men between the ages of 21 and 45 to register for the draft. This was the first peacetime draft in United States history. -
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa, the original name Operation Fritz, during World War II, was the code name for the German invasion of the Soviet Union. The failure of German troops to defeat Soviet forces in the campaign signaled a crucial turning point in the war. -
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
surprise aerial attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu Island, Hawaii, by the Japanese that precipitated the entry of the United States into World War II. -
The Bataan Death March
Three months after the start of the Battle of Bataan, the Bataan Death March began, forcing 60,000-80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war to march through the Philippines. The route was about 65 miles long and stretched from the peninsula to the railhead inland -
Battle of Midway
World War II naval battle, fought almost entirely with aircraft, in which the United States destroyed Japan's first-line carrier strength and most of its best trained naval pilots. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Stalingrad was one of the most decisive battles on the Eastern Front in the Second World War. The Soviet Union inflicted a catastrophic defeat on the German Army in and around this strategically important city on the Volga river, which bore the name of the Soviet dictator, Josef Stalin. -
D-Day
brought together the land, air and sea forces of the allied armies in what became known as the largest invasion force in human history. The operation, given the codename OVERLORD, delivered five naval assault divisions to the beaches of Normandy, France. -
Battle of the Bulge
when German forces launched a surprise attack on Allied forces in the forested Ardennes region in Belgium, Luxembourg, and France. The battle lasted until January 16, 1945, after the Allied counteroffensive forced German troops to withdraw. -
Yalta Conference
At Yalta, Roosevelt and Churchill discussed with Stalin the conditions under which the Soviet Union would enter the war against Japan and all three agreed that, in exchange for potentially crucial Soviet participation in the Pacific theater, the Soviets would be granted a sphere of influence in Manchuria. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
U.S. Marines invaded Iwo Jima on February 19, 1945, after months of naval and air bombardment. The Japanese defenders of the island were dug into bunkers deep within the volcanic rocks. Approximately 70,000 U.S. Marines and 18,000 Japanese soldiers took part in the battle. -
Battle of Okinawa
it was the last major battle of World War II — and the bloodiest of the Pacific campaign. At dawn on Easter, April 1, 1945, a fleet of 1,300 U.S. ships and 50 British ships closed in for the invasion of the island, which is part of Japan's southernmost prefecture. -
Adolf Hitler commits suicide
he swallowed a cyanide capsule and shot himself in the head. Soon after, Germany unconditionally surrendered to the Allied forces, ending Hitler’s dreams of a “1,000-year” Reich. -
VE day
On Victory in Europe Day or V-E Day, Germany unconditionally surrendered its military forces to the Allies, including the United States. On May 8, 1945 known as Victory in Europe Day or V-E Day celebrations erupted around the world to mark the end of World War II in Europe. -
Dropping the atomic bombs
The uranium bomb detonated over Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 had an explosive yield equal to 15,000 tonnes of TNT. It razed and burnt around 70 percent of all buildings and caused an estimated 140,000 deaths by the end of 1945, along with increased rates of cancer and chronic disease among the survivors. -
VJ Day
V-J Day or Victory over Japan Day marks the end of World War II .one of the deadliest and most destructive wars in history when President Harry S. Truman announced on Aug 14, 1945, that Japan had surrendered unconditionally, war-weary citizens around the world erupted in celebration.