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Japan Invades Manchuria
Japan tries to gain land to help with their industries.
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The Holocaust
Fueled by anti Semitism, started by the Nazis by the Nuremberg laws, 11 million dead in total.
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1939 Non Aggression pact
signed Germany and Soviet Union to ensure peace, divides Poland into 2
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Germany Invades Poland
Germany invades Poland, Blitzkreig in effect, Poland falls shortly after.
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Operation Sea Lion
Invasion of Britain by the Nazis, lasted through the Summer till fall, Churchill and Britian push through the Luftwaffte.
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Dunkirk Evacuation
evacuated from the Axis Powers across the English channel via civillian British ships, largest evac of the war.
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Battle of Britian
Luftwaffe over London and England, RAF fights of Nazis, Hitler recalls attack
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Axis invasion of Russia (Operation Barbarossa)
Six months and was the biggest death and defeat for the Nazis, like Napolean Hitler endured the Russian WInter.
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Pearl Harbor
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, crippling the U.S. fleet and bringing the U.S. into the war.
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Bataan Death March
60 mile march of allied soldiers to P.O.W. camps when Japan invaded the Philippines, most did not survive.
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Doolittle Raids
Air raids on Japan that were largely ineffective, but showed Japan that they were not invincible.
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Manhattan Project
Secret project to build atomic weapons to end the war.
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Battle of Coral Sea
Battle in which planes did all of the fighting to defend a key airbase.
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Battle of Midway
Turning point of the pacific theater, Japan’s fleet is crippled.
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Battle of Stalingrad
Turning point of WW2 in Europe, 2 million soldiers alone die, Russian Winter.
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Battle of El-Alamein
Results in Germany losing a foothold in North Africa, loss of control of the Mediterranean and the Suez Canal.
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Battle of Guadalcanal
Battle to stop the building of a Japanese air base, 23,000 Japanese soldiers died.
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Agreement at Casa Blanca
Planned the liberation of Italy and the surrender of the Axis, based in Morocco.
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Operation Torch
Liberation of Rome, allies atttack Italy via North Africa.
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D-Day
Allied invasion to liberate France via Normandy, deadliest battle of the war.
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Battle of Leyte Gulf
Battle to retake the Philippines.
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Nuremberg Trials
Nazis are convicted of War crimes by the allies, sentenced to death.
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Battle of the Bulge
Hitler's last major offensive, defeated and put the Germans on defense.
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Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle on a small volcanic island to capture an important air base.
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Battle of Okinawa
Last and bloodiest battle of the war, 110,000 Japanese soldiers killed.
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V-E Day
Victory in Europe over the Axis.
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Atomic Bombs Dropped
Atomic weapons were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing more than 70,000 civilians, leading to the Japanese surrender.
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V-J Day
This was the date that the allies won the war against Japan.
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Tokyo Trials
Trials for Japanese war criminals.
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Demilitarization of Japan
Douglas MacArthur disbanded most of Japan’s military, only leaving a small police force.
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