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Japan Invades Manchuria
- took place in Manchuria, China
- started from the "Murkden Incident" Japan sabotaged the Manchurian railway and blamed it on the Chinese
- gave Japan more land for its empire
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Hitler appointed chancellor of Germany
- took place in Germany
- ex chancellor Franz Von Papen convinced president Hindenburg to appoint Hitler as chancellor in effort to keep the Nazi party in check
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The Nanking Massacre
- Japan invades the Chinese and they rape and kill them
- took place in Nanjing, China's capital
- Japan wanted more land for their empire
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The Munich Conference
- conference between Britain, France, Germany, and Italy
- took place in Munich, Bavarian a state in Germany
- wanted to stop Hitler from taking full control of Czechoslovakia and also wanted peace between all the countries so no war breaks out
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Kristallnacht
- violence by the Nazi's against Jews
- took place all over Germany and Austria
- the riots occured to the shooting of German diplomat Ernst vom Rath
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Non-aggression Pact Signed
- Germnay and Soviet Union sign a pact not to engage in military action against each other
- allowed Germany to invade Poland with out the Soviet Union interferring
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Germany Invades Poland
-took place in Poland
- Hitler wanted to regain lost territory and rule Poland
- marked the beginning of WW2 -
Fall of Paris
-Germany attacks Paris
- Paris gets bombed
-took place in Paris
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Dunkirk
- fought in Dunkirk, France
- Battle between Germany and Britain
- Hitler and Germany gained more territory
- it was also the evacuation of allied soldiers
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The Blitz
-German bombing on the UK
- took place in London
- Hitler wanted to break the morale of British people so that they would pressure Churchill into negotiating -
Selective Training and Service Act signed
- made all men 21-45 years of age to register for the draft
- authorized the federal government to temporarily expand the military
- FDR signed the bill into law
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Operation of Barbarossa
- code name for Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union
- goal of conquering the western Soviet Union to repopulate it with Germans
- Germany's plan failed making them fight a two front war with the Allies on the west and Soviet Union on the east
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Attack on Pearl Harbor
- Japanese bombing on US naval base
- territory of Hawaii, Pearl Harbor
- Japan wanted to take over the Pacific Fleet and the US was in control of most of it
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Bataan Death March
- located in the Philippines
- transfer by Imperial Japanese Army of American and Filipino prisoners of war
- called the Death March because so many prisoners died when they were moving camps
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Battle of Midway
- US Navy war agaisnt Japan
- a turning point in the Pacific War
- Japan already swept all of its enemies from the Pacific and Indian Ocean
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Battle of Stalingrad
- Germany and its allies war against the Soviet Union
- took place in Stalingrad, Russia
- Germany wanted control of Stalingrad
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D-Day
- Allied forces of Britain, France, America, and Canada attack German forces
- on the coast of Normandy, France
- Germany lost some territory they took over
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Battle of Bulge
- last major war between the Allies and Germany
- Germany tried to push the allies from northern France to northwest Belgium
- Germans were able to make Americans to retreat
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Yalta Conference
- meeting between US, UK, and Soviet Union to discuss postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe
- Soviet Union was the host country
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Battle of Iwo Jima
- located in Japan
- war between US Marines and Navy capturing the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army
- plan by the US to try to end war with Japan
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Battle of Okinawa
- fought on the island of Okinawa
- US Marine and Army forces against the Imperial Japanese Army
- US trying to take control of airfields to try and win the war in the Far East
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Adolf Hitler Commits Suicide
- Germany acknowledged their defeat and plotted to remove Hitler from power
- attempts to assassinate Hitler failed
- Hitler appointed new people to power and went live out his final days in his underground bunker
- Hitler poisoned his wife and his dogs and also shot himself
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VE Day
- Victory in Europe day
- Nazi Germany surrendered its armed forces
- Allied forces win war
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Dropping of Atomic Bombs
- located in Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- US detonated bombs over Japan
- ended the war between US and Japan and also avoided invasions from Japan
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VJ Day
- victory over Japan day
- Imperial Japan surrendered bringing the war to an end
- celebration in the US
