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Rhineland is militarized
Hitler breaks the Treaty of Versailles and militarizes the Rhineland -
Munich Conference
France, Great Britain, and Italy try to appease Hitler and he takes over the Sudetenland. -
Beginning of World War II
Germany invades Poland -
Battle of Dunkirk
Battle between the allies and Germany. -
Battle of Moscow
Hitler believed that once Moscow had been cut out of Russia, the whole nation would collapse. -
Pearl Harbor
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor -
Bataan Death March
US and Phillipine troops were forced to march 65 miles. It took them 5 days -
Doolittle Raid
16 American bombers attack Tokyo in attempt of revenge from Pearl Harbor -
Battle of the Coral Sea
If Japanese had succeeded at Coral Sea, the way would have been open for the Japanese to have captured New Guinea and leave Australia isolated from allied help and more open to a Japanese attack. Was fought entirely by planes. -
Battle of Midway
Effectively destroyed Japan's naval strength when the Americans destroyed four of its aircraft carriers. -
Stalingrad
The bloodiest battle in modern history. With combined casualties estimated at over 1,530,000 killed, wounded or captured -
Battle of Tarawa
Most brutal battle in marine history. Designed to seize a Japanese airfield in Betio. -
D-Day
Allies fight Germans in France -
Battle of the Philippine Sea
Last great carrier battle of WWII which eliminated the Japanese navy's ability to conduct large scale carrier actions. -
Paris is liberated
Allies set Paris free from Germany and take over -
Battle of the Bulge
Germans create a bulge formation in Allied lines and attack near the Ardennes -
Battle of Okinawa
The capture of Okinawa was part of a three point plan the Americans had for winning the war in the East. -
VE Day
Victory in Europe; war in Europe is over -
Hiroshima
The first city to ever by hit by an atomic bomb -
VJ Day
Japan unconditionally surrendurs to Allied forces
