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Hitler’s Control
Hitler power over Germany and the Axis Powers -
When Japan invaded China
The Second Sino-Japanese War was fought between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan between 1937 and 1945 -
The Anschluss = Germany taking over Austria)
Nazi Germany annexed the neighboring country of Austria -
Invasion of Czechoslovakia
Germans invade Czechosolvakia and brought an end to Neville Chamberlains appeasement policy -
The Neutrality Act of 1939
a final Neutrality Act passed. -
Invasion of Poland
Marked the beginning of WWII joint attack on the Republic of Poland -
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World War II
global conflict between two coalitions -
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The Holocaust
Genocide of European Jews during WWII -
The Fall of France
Germany invaded France -
The Battle of Britain
Royal air force and fleet air arm of the Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom against Nazi Germany Air force -
US Oil Embargo on Japan
US ban on oil exports -
The attack on Pearl Harbor
surprise military attack by the Empire of Japan on the United States Pacific Fleet at its Naval Base at Pearl Harbor -
The Bataan Death March
forcible transfer by imperial Japanese army of around 72,000 American and Filipino prisoners -
Battle of Midway Island
Major Naval battle in the Pacific Theater -
Battle of Stalingrad
Major battle at Eastern Front -
D-Day (Operation Overlord)
invasion of Normandy by the allies -
The Yalta Conference
meeting of the heads of government of the United States -
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
US detonated atomic bomb on Japan City Hiroshima -
Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
US detonated atomic bomb over Japan city of Nagasaki -
V-E Day
Japan announced its surrender