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Italian invasion of Ethiopia
The Italian invasion of Ethiopia began in the mid 1900s. It was led by Mussolini. -
Spanish Civil War
A military rising originating in Morocco, headed by General Francisco Franco. It spread rapidly all over the country. Therefore starting the Spanish Civil War. It lasted from 1936 to 1939. -
Rape of Nanking in China
During 1937 Japan invaded the capital of China to gain more power. This led to a huge number of deaths estimated to more than 300,000 civilians. -
German annexation of the Studenland
After the attack against Ausstria Hitler lokked to attack Czechoslovakia as his next target point. To be specific he wanted to win Sudetenland back for Germany. -
German Invasion of Poland
With german able to attack Poland without the fear of interventions, they were able to invade Poland. Polish army was defeated within weeks of the invasion. The germans had brought about 2,000 tanks and 1,000 planes to brake through the polish defences. -
France and Britain declare war on Germany
In the afternoon of September 3rd 1939 Chamberlain announced to the people that there country had declared war on Germany. This became the start of World war 2. -
Pearl Harbor December
The attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese was one of the most defining attacks in history. The day before the bombing had began, president Franklin Roosevelt asked the japanese emperor to appeal, but he did not respond. The the next day, japanese soldiers bombed the Pearl Harbor. -
El Alamein
El Alamein was a major battle that was fought during the World War 2. It was led by Erwin Rommel in july 1 1942. Later in october Bernard Law Montgomery outnumberd the German army and caused them to retrive to Libya. -
Guadalcanal
From August 1942 to February 1943, The United States fought the Japanese for possessiong over the island called, "Guadalcanal". The reson they fought for this island was because Guadacanal was the largest island in the Solomon islands, it was 28,450 kilometers. -
Stalingrad
Like El Alamein the battle of Stalingaurd was a major battle in the History of World Was 2. This battle is said to be a turning point in World War 2 cauing the German army to retreat from it. -
D-Day
On June 6, 1944, 160,000 allied troops went along the coastline to fight the beaches of Normandy. There were estimated to be about 13,000 planes and 5,000 ships present to help make D-Day a success. 9,000 allied soldiers had died or they were wounded in the battle, but more than 100,000 of the allied soldiers had began the march towards Europe to defeat Hitler. -
Battle of Manila
Manila was one of the most beutiful sights in Asia before World war 2. Aftter the Pearl Harbor attack the US dicided to attack back against Japan this took place in Manila Philippnes. This was one of the few battles fought by the united states in WW2. -
Dropping of Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima
On August 6, 1945, the United States had dropped an atomoic bomb on Hiroshima. This was the very first atomic bomb that was detonated. This bomb was consisted with more than 20,000 tons of TNT. More than 75,000 casualties was sustained by the United States.
