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Japan invades China
China was in the middle of a civil war when Japan invaded. Japan needed raw materials to be the best in Asia. -
Germany invades Poland
Germany invades Poland which makes France and Great Britian join the war. -
German Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg was a war tactic used byt the Germans in WWII. The purpose is to make disorganization among the soldiers. -
Fall of Paris
Germans invaded Paris. -
Atlantic Charter
The Atlantic Charter was a joint declaration between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. It defined the allied goals for post-war. -
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii in hopes to destroy the U.S. fleet so we could not attck. The next day, the U.S. declares war. -
Battan Death March
Japanese soldiers forced American and Filipino prisoners to march through the jungle with no stops and very little food. -
Battle of Midway
Japaenese hoped to use Midway as a base to neutralize Pearl Harbor. This battle resulted in the balance of powers in the Pacific being shifted to the U.S. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Nazi soldiers fought the Soviet Union to gain control of the city Stalingrad. -
Allied invasion of Italy
The allies decided to invade Italy hoping to remove the fascist regime. -
D-Day
D-Day was one of the largest amphibious assault in U.S. historyon the beaches of Normandy, France. -
Liberation of concentration camps
This was the first date that a concentration camp was liberated. Auschwitz-one of the biggest, most known camps-was liberated on January 27th of 1945. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
20,500 Japanese were killed and 6,000 Americans died. This battle put Americans within striking distance of Japenese home islands. This gave the U.S. two options for finishing off the Japanese: Invade Japan, or use an atomic bomb. -
Battle of Okinawa
This battle was the biggest and bloodiest amphibious attacks of the Pacific Theater with over 100,000 Japanese casualties. -
VE Day
VE day (Victory in Europe) marks the day that Nazis declared unconditional surrender. -
Dropping of the atomic bombs
On August 6th, the bomb, Little Bot, was exploded 2,000 feet above Hiroshima, resulting in 100,000 deaths. On August 9th, Fat Boy was dropped on Nagasaki.These explosions resulted in the end of World War II. -
VJ Day
VJ Day was the day that the Japanese announced unconditional surrender, ending WWII. -
Liberation of concentration camps
Some camps were liberated before, but Auschwitz was invaded and liberated by the soviets on this day.
