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1 Japanese invasion of Manchuria
the Kwantung army of the empire of japan invaded Manchuria -
2 Hitler appointed chancellor of germany
President Paul von Hindenburg appointed Hitler as Chancellor -
3 nanking massacre/rape of nanking
The mass killing and ravaging of Chinese citizens and capitulated by soldiers of the Japanese Imperial Army -
4 Munich conference
the settlement that permitter German annexation of the Sudetenland, in western Czechoslovakia -
5 kristallnacht
pogrom against jews -
6 Non-Aggression pact is signed
Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union surprised the world by signing the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact -
7 Germany's invasion of poland/blitzkrieg
an attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union which marked the beginning of World War II -
8 Fall of Paris
Paris fell to Nazi Germany -
9 Dunkirk
the evacuation of Allied soldiers during World War II from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk -
10 The blitz
The Blitz was a German bombing campaign against the United Kingdom -
11 Selective training and service act is passed
the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 required that men between the ages of 21 and 35 register with local draft boards -
12 Operation Barbarossa
the code name for the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and some of its Axis allies -
13 Japanese attack on pearl harbor
the Japanese military launched a surprise attack on the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii -
14 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 -
15 Battle of midway
The Battle of Midway was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II -
16 Battle of stalingrad
Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia -
17 D-Day
156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France's Normandy region -
18 battle of the bugle
major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II -
19 Yalta conference
meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe -
20 battle of iwo jima
the United States Marine Corps and Navy landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima -
21 Battle of okinawa
major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Army and United States Marine Corps forces against the Imperial Japanese Army -
22 Adolf Hitler commits suicide
Adolf Hitler commits suicide -
23 Ve day
both Great Britain and the United States celebrate Victory in Europe Day -
24 Dropping the atomic bombs
The United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki -
25 VJ day
Victory over Japan Day is the day on which Imperial Japan surrendered in World War II, in effect bringing the war to an end.
