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Appeasement (Chamberlain)
Chamberlain adopted the policy of appeasement in order to keep the peace. Allowed Hitler to continue his rise. -
Japan invades Manchuria
Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident -
Night of the long knives
Fearing that the paramilitary SA had become too powerful, Hitler ordered his elite SS guards to murder the organization's leaders, including Ernst Röhm. -
Anschluss
The annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany. -
Kristallnacht
Known as the night of broken glass. Nazis in Germany torched synagogues, vandalized Jewish homes, schools and businesses and killed close to 100 Jews. -
Non-aggression pact
Treaty of non-aggression between Germany and the soviet union promising not to attack each other. -
Germany invades Poland
The invasion of Poland marked the beginning of World War II. Use blitzkrieg to rapidly defeat Poland. -
France surrenders to Germany
France surrenders after Germany defeated them. -
Battle of Britain
Germany bombed Great Britain in order to try and destroy their air force and prepare for invasion. -
Final Solution
The Nazi policy of exterminating European Jews. 6 million Jews exterminated. -
Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise preemptive military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii. -
Battle of Midway
The United States Navy defeated a Japanese attack against Midway Atoll, marking a turning point in the war in the Pacific theatre. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Successful Soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd), Russia, U.S.S.R., during World War II. The turning point of the war. -
D-Day
Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy. -
Liberation of Auschwitz
The Soviet army entered Auschwitz and liberated more than 7,000 remaining prisoners, who were mostly ill and dying.