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Japan invades China
China fought back with finacial help from Germany and China joined the Allies and eventually issued a decleration of war on Japan. -
Munich Conference
This agreement was negotiated at a conference held in Munich, Germany, among the major powers of Europe, excluding the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia. -
Blitzkrieg
A German word meaning "lightning war". A method of warfare with a large amount of high quality and protected soldiers equipped with heavy machinery and back up, attack the enemy with quick and sparatic attacks. -
Non-Aggression Pact
National treaty protecting the participating states or countries from military attack on members, by members. -
Germany invades Poland
First look at the new warfare created by Hitler called Blitzkrieg. Hitler was on a mission to annihilate all enemies of his Nazi ideology, whether racial, religious, or political. -
Battle of Britain
A major and significant battle of WW2. Also, the first major campaign to be entirely fught in the air. -
Lend-lease Act
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The US supported France, Great Britain, the Republic of China, and later the USSR and other Allied nations with food, oil, and materiel. -
The Holocaust
The genocide of around 6 million jews under the reign of Adolf Hitler in concentration camps in Nazi Germany by the Nazi Regime. -
Operation Barbarossa
Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union that marked a rapid incline of the war and resulted with the failure of the Axis Powers to beat the Soviet Union. -
Pearl Harbor
Surprise Naval attack on the US Naval Base in Pearl Harbor by the Imperial Japanese Navy in the Territory of Hawaii. -
Bataan Death March
Forced transfer of around 80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war to Camp ODonnell by the Imperial Japanese Army. -
Battle of Midway
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Naval battle where he US Navy defeated an attacking fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy near Midway Atoll, inflicting devastating damage on the Japanese fleet that proved irreparable. -
Battle of Stalingrad
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A huge battle in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia. Because of this battles violence and amount of direct assualts, this battle is known to be one of the bloodiest battles of warfare. -
D-Day
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The largest naval invasion in history. Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. -
Battle of the Bulge
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An offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The control of the island of Iwo Jima from Japan in 1945. A 5 week battle with a mission to conrol the whole island with a series of three attacks. -
Battle of Okinawa
An 82 day long battle consisting of island hoppping which eventually ending up using Okinawa as a base island to plan an attack on Japan. -
V-E Day
The end of WW2 in Europe thanks to Germany's surrender nd Hitlers demise. -
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki killing around 129,000 people. -
V-J Day
Victory over Japan Day. The end of WW2 from the surrender of Japan. -
Warsaw Pact
Treaty of friendship among 8 communist states during the Cold War. A European reaction of West Germany integration.
