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Japan invades China
It was a military conflict fought by the Empire of Japan and the Republic of China. China fought Japan with a little help from Germany , Soviet Union and the United States. After the Pearl Harbor attack , China officially joined the allies. -
Munich Conference
Munich Conference was settlement supposedly permitting Nazi , Germany's annexation of portions of Czechoslovika. The British and the French were pleased with this conference as the Soviets were really upset of this. However Hilter contuined to invade and later agreed to not mess with any other terrtories. -
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Blitzkrieg
A German term for "lighting war" that was a military tactic designed to create disorganization. They would usually successfully excucute in short military campgains. Germans first tried it in Poland back in 1939 , after that they successfully employed with invasions of Belgum , Netherlands and France in 1940. -
Non Agression Pact (Germany vs Soviet Union)
A pact between Germany and Soviet Union that was concluded days before the second world war started. The pact divided eastern Europe into German and Soviet spheres of influence. -
Germany invading Poland
Adolf Hilter seeked to regain it's lost territory and decided to invade Poland. The German invasion of Poland was a primer on how Hilter intended to wage war what would be the cause of World War II -
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Battle of Britian
A name given to the World War II air campaign with German and British air forces clashing in the United Kingdom skies. Adolf Hilter urged the Britain to make peace with other countries. -
Lend Lease Act
The act was proposed back in late 1940 and passed on March 1941 , it was the principal means for providing its US military aid to foreign nations during World War II -
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Operation Barbarossa
It was a code name for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union. About million soilders invaided Soviet Uniom. This invasion began in June 21st 1941. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
On the early morning on December 7th 1941, Japanese soilders launched a unexpected attack on the United States Naval Base at the Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Hours later over 2,400 americans were killed along with 21 ships being sunked and over 188 aircraft have been destroyed. The attack made a huge impact to American citizens with outrage that they decided to abandon the policy of Isolationism and declared war on Japan instead. This event was offical reason why United States came in World War II. -
Bataan Death Match
Months after the Pearl Harbor bombing , The Japanese had forced a match between American and the Filipino prisoners of war. They marched within 63 miles with over 72,000 prisoners from the southren tip of the Bataan Pennisula in to Camp O'Donnell. The soilders recieved harmful treatment and poor conditions of the prisoners resulted in from a estimate of 7,000 to 10,000 deaths. The goal of this is to get 72,000 captutred American and Filipino prisoners. -
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Battle of Midway
A crucial and decisive battle in the Pacfic theatre of World War II with only six months after the Pearl Harbor attack. The battle had the effect on Japan's destroyed naval strength with the American's destroying four of their aircraft carriers. The Japanese navy never recovered from it's battle at Midway. -
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Battle of Stalingrad
A major battle of World War II of Nazi Germany with their allies fought the Soviet Union for their control of the city of Stalingard in the south of Russia. -
D-Day
Beaches filled with Allied Troops on June 1944 preparing to fight Nazi soilders. General Dwlight Eisenhower call this a crusade -
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Battle of the Bulge
A one month battle in Nazi , Germany when Hilter attempted to break up the Allied armies in northwest Europe of a surprise blitzkrieg. It occurred in the wake of D-Day also known as a successful day for Allied forces -
Battle of Iwo Jima
A major battle capturing the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Army during a World War II. The battle was a three part plan the Americans had for winning the battle in far east -
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Battle of Okinawa
The battle was fought on the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa which included the largest assault of the World War 2. This battle lasted 82 days from early April until the middle of June. The allies planned to approach Japan after from a long campaigan of island hopping. -
The Holocaust (1941-1945)
The Holocaust is one the largest and the deadliest genocides in history which killing six millions of Jews. From 1941 to 1945 The Nazi didn't only target Jews they also targeted homosexuals , communists , the disabled , Gyspies and the Jenovah's witness. They even created laws to separate Jews from society. They made laws for Jews to eat at certain places as well -
VE Day
Public holiday of marking the acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi's surrender of it's armed forces, the holiday was celebrated both by the United States and Great Britain to celebrate their victory. -
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The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
On August 6th 1945 , It was the United States's turn to aim at Japan. By using a atomic weapon , this atomic bomb is a equalivent to 20,000 tons of TNT. It flatened the whole entire Hiroshima,Japan by killing thousands of civilians. Three days later the United States struck again this time in Nagasaki. -
VJ Day
On September 2nd President Truman declared this special day to be VJ Day , a victory day for Japan. A formal surrender ceremony was held in Toyko Bay aboarding with the U.S.S Missouri during that day. Although the reaction from the Japanese was enough to begin early , it became a huge celebration around the world -
Warsaw Pact
The Soviet Union and seven of it's European satellites sign a treaty , a mutual defense organization that put the Soviets in command of the forces of the member states.
