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The Holocaust
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Hitler's Control
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Japan invades China
The Mukden Incident helped spark the Japanese invasion of Manchuria. The Chinese were defeated and Japan created a new puppet state. -
The Anschluss
Germany took over Austria. This event caused Hitler to breach the treaty of Versailles -
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Invasion of Czechoslovakia
The Soviet Union-led Warsaw Pact troops in an invasion of Czechoslovakia to crack down on reformist trends in Prague. Although the Soviet Union's action successfully halted the pace of reform in Czechoslovakia, it had unintended consequences for the unity of the communist bloc. -
Invasion of Poland
On September 1, 1939, the German army under Adolf Hitler launched an invasion of Poland that triggered the start of World War II. To Hitler, the conquest of Poland would bring Lebensraum, or “living space,” for the German people. -
Neutrality Act of 1939
This Act lifted the arms embargo and put all trade with belligerent nations under the terms of “cash-and-carry.” The ban on loans remained in effect, and American ships were barred from transporting goods to belligerent ports. -
The Fall of France
The French didn't plan on the Germans to go through Belgium. They put their strong fortifications along the border of Germany and not Belgium. -
The Battle of Britain
Hitler tried to get Britain to surrender without a fight. This was the first battle in history waged almost exclusively in the air. It was a win for the Allies -
US Oil Embargo on Japan
The US cut off the oil supply to Japan. This lead Japan attacking Pearl Harbor and led to the US joining the war. -
The Attack on Pearl Harbor
This event was the result of the US cutting off Japan's oil supply. Japan wanted control of the Pacific and didn't want the US to join war so they attacked Pearl Harbor. -
The Bataan Death March
The Bataan Death March was when the Japanese forced 76,000 captured Allied soldiers (Filipinos and Americans) to march about 80 miles across the Bataan Peninsula. In total, 10,000 men – 1,000 American and 9,000 Filipino – died during the Bataan Death March. -
The Battle of Midway Island
The Battle of Midway was a turning point in the Pacific War. Six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States defeated Japan in the Battle of Midway -
The Battle of Stalingard
The Battle of Stalingrad marked the end of Germany's advances into eastern Europe and Russia. The second reason is that this battle was the first major German loss during World War II. After the Germans lost in Stalingrad, they did not advance any farther into eastern Europe or Russia. -
D-Day
World War II on which Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy. 10,000 casualties happened on the Allies side. -
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people; tens of thousands more would later die of radiation exposure. -
Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
Nagasaki was a shipbuilding center, the very industry intended for destruction. The bomb was dropped at 11:02 a.m. t caused Japan to surrender.