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italian invasion of ethiopia
Italian invasion of Ethiopia, was a war of aggression which was fought between Italy and Ethiopia from October 1935 to May 1936 -
rape of Nanking
The Nanjing Massacre or the Rape of Nanjing was an episode of mass murder and mass rape committed by Imperial Japanese troops against the residents of Nanjing, at that time the capital of China. -
appeasement
Appeasement in an international context is a diplomatic policy of making political or material concessions to an aggressive power in order to avoid conflict. -
anschluss
growing support in Nazism in Austria. The country had a non-Nazi semi-fascist government from around this time. In 1934, the Nazis assassinated the Austrian chancellor Engelbart Dollfuss in the hope of establishing a Nazi regime -
Munich Conference
agreement concluded of a settlement of Germany, the United Kingdom, the French Third Republic, and the Kingdom of Italy. That permitted Germanys Anschluss -
Battle of brittian
The Battle of Britain was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe -
Dunkirk
In May 1940, Germany advanced into France, trapping Allied troops on the beaches of Dunkirk. Under air and ground cover from British and French forces, troops were slowly and methodically evacuated from the beach using every serviceable naval and civilian vessel that could be found. -
operation barbarossa
The German invasion on the soviet Union. Germany and some Axis allies Attempted but did not prepare for the winter season. -
pearl harbor
The Attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, just before 08:00, on Sunday morning. -
Woman of war
Approximately 350,000 American women joined the military during World War II. They worked as nurses, drove trucks, repaired airplanes, and performed clerical work. Some were killed in combat or captured as prisoners of war. -
Battle of Midway
major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that took place on 4–7 June 1942, six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral. -
battle of stalingrad
In the Battle of Stalingrad, Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia. -
Western Desert Campaign
The Western Desert campaign took place in the deserts of Egypt and Libya and was the main theatre in the North African campaign of the Second World War. Military operations began in June 1940 with the Italian declaration of war and the Italian invasion of Egypt from Libya in September. -
tunisian campaign
The Tunisian campaign was a series of battles that took place in Tunisia during the North African campaign of the Second World War, between Axis and Allied forces. The Allies consisted of British Imperial Forces, including a Greek contingent, with American and French corps. -
battle at the bulge
major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II which took place from 16 December 1944 to 25 January 1945. -
japan invasion of china
War was a military conflict that was primarily waged between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. The war made up the Chinese theater of the wider Pacific Theater of the Second World War.