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Japanese invades Manchuria
they invaded to take over there vast minerals and rapidly growing country. this was another reason for the start of World War 2 -
Adolf Hittler becomes chancellor of Germany
he builds Germany up to become a giant war machine called the Nazi and plans his invasion of other country's and was the one who started WWII -
Munich pact
An agreement between Germany, France, Great Britain, and Italy to pull German troops out of Czechoslovaks. Hitler signed this and promised not to make anymore territorial advancing attacks in Europe -
Kristallnacht
hitler order nazi attacks and raids on schools, homes , and businesses and to kill all jews. this became known as the Holoccaust -
invasion of poland
germany invades poland to retake land they lost during WWI. they told no one there plan of doing so , and this was the invasion that started WWII -
Dunkirk
germany attacked all the low countrys and france and britain tried to come to there aid but germany cut them off and took over all canals and ports thus making germany a much more powerfull army. -
attack on Pearl Harbor
Japan invades american soil by bombing most of the naval fliet in Pearl Harbor Hawaii there goal was to blow up all aircraft carriers but to americas luck they were all out in drills that day. After the bombing the U.S. declares war on Japan -
Bataan Death March
U.S. surrenders on the Bataan peninsula and Japan captures 75,000 prisinors and makes them walk 65 miles to a prison and many died due to poor treatment. This angered the U.S. and pushed there attack on Japan. -
Battle of midway
the U.S. wins one of the Largest Naval battles of the war due to the U.S. breaking Japans code. This was the turning point in the war because it gave the U.S. the upper hand for the rest of the war cause they alwasy knew were and when battle would be before it started. -
D-Day
Allies invade Europe on the beach of Normandy. This was the Largest amphibious attack in history. This was the Real turining point in WWII because it gave the allies access to all of the supplys they needed to defeat the Axis powers. -
Battle of the Buldge
Hitler attempted to split the Allied forces of northwest Europe using blitzkreig attacks. Well doing this General patton moved his Allied forve into aid thus killed the germany counter attack and became one of germanys last battles of the war. -
Yalta Confrence
Meeting between British, U.S., Soviet Union leaders to talk about the post war world. this lead Russia to take sides with the Allied powers. -
VE Day
the day that the Allied powers defeated the Nazi powers. -
Bombing of Hiroshima
U.S. drops 1st ever atomic bomb over Japan and it killed 100,000 plus people and they were mostly citizens. This foreced japan to surrender unconditionaly sooner. -
VJ Day
Japan unconditionaly surrenders to the allied forces. this is the end of WWII
