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Treaty of Versailles
Was one of the peace treaties at the end of Word War 1 -
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World War 2
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Invasion of Manchuria
Japan was determined to expand there empire. -
Holocaust
Over 60,000 jews were seperated from their families and put in camps. -
Hitler Speech
Hitler expressed a belief in the racial superiority of Germanic peoples. -
Kristallnacht "The night of broken glass"
Thousands of Jewish businesses and synagogues were damaged. -
Start of World War 2
Invasion of Poland, officials started World War 2 -
Britain and France declare war on Germany
They were known as the allies. -
Battle of the Atlantic
The longest battle of World War II. It began immediately upon the British declaration of war against Germany -
Battle of Britain
Hitler's armies smashed across the borders of the Netherlands and Belgium and streamed into the northern reaches of France. -
Pearl Harbor
A date which will live in infamy -
American Reaction
Roosevelt was furious that Japan had meant to decieve the United States. He than asked congress for a declaration of war. -
Bataan Death March
U.S. surrender of the Bataan Peninsula on the main Philippine island of Luzon to the Japanese during World War II -
Battle of Midway
Was a crucial and decissve naval battle in the Pacific. -
D-Day
150,000 allied troops carried across the English Channel. They were led by Omar Bradley. Hitler refused to send reinforcements he feared the invasion was a trick. -
Battle of the bulge
Germans launched a surprise offensive of their own. -
Battle of Okinawa
Last and biggest of the Pacific island battles of World War II -
VE Day
Marked the fomal end of the war in Europe. -
Japan's response
Surrender on USS Missouri
