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Appeasement
Prime minister Neville Chamberlain (Britain) passed a policy allowing Hitler to expand German territory to avoid war. (1930ś) -
Japan Invades Manchuria
they claimed that Chinese soldiers had sabotaged the railway, and attacked the Chinese army. Only Japan voted against it – but instead of pulling out of Manchuria, Japan walked out of the League. In 1933, Japan invaded China. -
King of the Long Knives
purge of Nazi leaders by Adolf Hitler on June 30, 1934. Fearing that the paramilitary SA had become too powerful, Hitler ordered his elite SS guards to murder the organization's leaders, including Ernst Röhm. -
Italy Invades Ethiopia
Italy had already made a colony out of the neighboring country of Eritrea. It served as the perfect base to launch an invasion of Ethiopia. ( led to Italian victory) -
Anschluss
refers to the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany. The word's German spelling, until the German orthography reform of 1996, -
Kristallnacht
(Night of broken glass) when German Nazis attacked Jewish persons and property. The violence continued during the day of November 10, and in some places acts of violence continued for several more days. -
Non Aggression Pact
Two countries agreed to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years . (Germany and Russia) -
Germany invades Poland
German forces bombard Poland on land and from the air, as Adolf Hitler seeks to regain lost territory and ultimately rule Poland. (began ww2) -
France surrenders to Germany
the French government signed an armistice with Nazi Germany just six weeks after the Nazis launched their invasion of Western Europe. -
Battle of Britain
Germany bombed Great Britain in order to try and destroy their air force and prepare for invasion. (led to British victory) -
Final Solution
the Nazi policy of exterminating European Jews. The policy resulted in the murder of 6 million Jews in concentration camps between 1941 and 1945. -
Japan invades Pearl Harbor
was a surprise preemptive military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service. The attack led to the United States' formal entry into World War II the next day. -
Battle of Stalingrad
was the largest confrontation of World War II, in which Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia. -
Battle of Midway
The United States Navy defeated a Japanese attack against Midway Atoll, marking a turning point in the war in the Pacific theatre -
D-Day
the Allied Forces of Britain, America, Canada, and France attacked German forces on the coast of Normandy, France. With a huge force of over 150,000 soldiers, the Allies attacked and gained a victory that became the turning point for World War II in Europe. -
Battle of the Bulge
the Germans created a “bulge” around the area of the Ardennes forest in pushing through the American defensive line, was the largest fought on the Western front. The battle raged for three weeks, resulting in a massive loss of American and civilian life.
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Liberation of Auschwitz
the Soviet army entered Auschwitz and liberated more than 7,000 remaining prisoners, who were mostly ill and dying. It is estimated that at minimum 1.3 million people were deported to Auschwitz between 1940 and 1945; of these, at least 1.1 million were murdered. -
V-E Day
Victory in Europe Day. is a day celebrating the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces on the 8 May 1945. -
Hiroshima and Nagaski
The United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945
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V-J DAY
Victory over Japan Day . Imperial Japan surrendered in World War II, in effect bringing the war to an end.
