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Japan Invasion Of Manchuria
Manchuria invaded by Kwantung Army of the empire of Japan after the Mukden incident -
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Italy Invades Ethiopia
Ethiopia was invaded by the Italian Army. -
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Olympic games in Germany
International multi-sport event that was held in 1936 in Berlin, Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona, Spain, on 26 April 1931, at the 29th IOC Session in Barcelona . It marked the second and final time the International Olympic Committee gathered to vote in a city that was bidding to host those Games. -
Anschluss
Anschluss refers to the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany. -
Germany takes the Sudetenland
Hitler invaded and took control of Sudetenland. -
Lend Lease Act
This was an act to promote the Defense of the United States. -
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Battle of Britain
Military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force defended the United Kingdom against large-scale attacks by the German Air Force -
Tripartite Pact signed
An agreement between Germany, Japan and Italy signed in Berlin. -
Four Freedoms Speech
Entitlement to four freedoms: the freedom of speech and expression, the freedom to worship God in his own way, freedom from want and freedom from fear. -
Germany attacks Soviet Union
AKA Operation Barbarossa for the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union. -
Atlantic Charter
Pivotal policy statement during on14 August 1941, had the goals of allies! -
Pearl Harbor Attack
Japan sneak attacks the US at pearl harbor resulting in thousands of lives lost. -
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Battle of Midway
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Casablanca Conference
Plan for the Allied European strategy for the next phase of World War II. -
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Tehran Conference
Strategy meeting of Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill -
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Battle of Normandy
Largest invasion in history when they invaded Normandy, at the northern coast of France. -
Battle of the buldge
Last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II. -
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Yalta Conference
The WW2 meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union for the purpose of discussing Germany and Europe's postwar reorganization. -
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Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. -
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Battle of Okinawa
Major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by US military against the Imperial Japanese Army. -
Germany surrenders
Germany offically surrendered to the Allies. -
US drops bomb on Hiroshima
The US drops 5 ton atomic bomb over the city of Hiroshima. -
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Bombing of Nagasaki
US dropped nuclear weapons on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. -
Official Japanese surrender
Japan surrenders and accepts defeat in World War 2!
