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Japanese invasion of Manchuria
the Japanese army invaded Manchuria and started a puppet state named Manchukuo, showed that japan wanted land and power -
Hitler made Chancellor of Germany
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The Munich Pact
an agreement between France Italy, Germany and Britain. It said hitler wouldn’t use his military in exchange to keep the land he took in Czechoslovakia, showed how hitler wouldn’t agree to anything -
Kristallnacht
a series of coordinated attacks against Jews throughout Germany and Austria, named after the broken glass on the streets from windows of stores, was the beginning of the halocaust -
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Kristallnacht
a series of coordinated attacks against Jews throughout Germany and Austria, named after the broken glass on the streets from windows of stores, was the beginning of the halocaust -
Invasion of Poland
started tensions leading into WW2, Germany and USSR invaded poland -
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Dunkirk
The British were pushed back by the Germans and were separated into 2, The Germans wanted the British to surrender and dropped leaflets on them telling them to do so because the Germans thought the ocean was impassible. The British retreated to Dunkirk then to the ocean, showed how bad the allies were doing against the axis -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Japan Bombed The Navy dock in Hawaii, brought the U.S. into WWII -
Bataan Death March
The japenese army forced POW’s to march to the capital of Bataan after the battle of Bataan, many were killed or died from starvation, dehydration or heat exhaustion, showed how horrible the Japanese were -
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Battle of Midway
a naval battle between the U.S. and Japan, Japan attacked midway atoll and suffered heavy loses after losing over 200 pilots and weakened the Japanese for the rest of the war, boosted the americans morale and showed they were superior -
D-Day
The allies largest amphibious landing in history, Normandy france, 10,000 allied men lost, started the war in Europe against hitler -
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Battle of the Bulge
Germany launched an offensive through the forested Ardennes against Belgium France and Luxemburg. Named because the map bulged inward on a map, showed the power of the germans -
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Yalta Conference
a meeting between the U.S. Britain and the USSR to discuss Europe’s post war reorganizations, everyone tried to not have a repeat of WW1 -
V E Day
Victory in Europe day, ww2 is coming to an end -
The bombing of Hiroshima
The US dropped “Little boy” a atomic bomb on Japanese town Hiroshima to eventually end WW2, what causes japan to surrender ending ww2 -
V J Day
Victory of Japan day, the day Japan surrendered
