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Japanese Invasion of Manchuria
Japans Kwantung army invaded Manchuria for materials for their industry. -
Nanking Massacre
Mass murder/rape of Chinese civilians by the Japanese. -
Munich Conference
Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France stating Czechoslovakia has to surrender its defenses to Germany. -
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Kristallnacht
Also known as the Night of the Broken Glass. A pogrom by the Nazis against the Jews. -
Non-Aggression Pact is signed
Germany and the Soviet Unions agreement to not attack one another. -
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Dunkirk
It was an evacuation, the codename was Operation Dynamo. Saved about 330, allied soldiers during WW2 from Dunkirk, France. -
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The Blitz
The "Black Saturday" was when German bombers attacked London killing approximately 430 people, and 1600 injured. -
Selective Training and Service Act is passed
All men ages 21-45 to register for the draft. The pact was the first peacetime one in US history. -
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Operation of Barbarossa
The code name of the invasion Germany did of the soviet Union. -
Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor
Was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Service on Pearl Harbor. -
Bataan Death March
66,000 Filipinos and 10,000 American troops were apart of a forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese. -
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Battle of Midway
The battle took place in the Pacific because the Imperial Japanese was trying to take over. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Nazi Germany and their allies tried fighting the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad, Russia but were unsuccessful. -
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Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference, also known as the Crimea Conference, was held to talk about the plans after the war of Europe and WW2. -
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Battle of Iwo Jima
One of the bloodiest battles in Marine Corps history. The US Marine Corps and US Navy were against the Imperial Japanese. -
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Battle of Okinawa
A major battle of the pacific war where the US Marine Corps and US Army fought against the imperial Japanese. -
Adolf Hitler commits suicide
Adolf Hitler kills himself with a gun in Führerbunker in Berlin. -
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Dropping the Atomic Bombs
The USA dropped two atomic bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima and killed mostly civilians. -
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Victory over Japan(VJ-Day)
The day that WW2, one of the deadliest wars in history, finally ends. -
Victory of Europe
The day of defeating Nazi Germany, and the end of Hitler. -
D-Day
Allied forces invaded the North of France so they did beach landings in Normandy. -
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Battle of the Bulge
Battle of the Bulge got its name because the Germans made a "bulge" in the Ardennes Forest that pushed over the American defense line.