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Italy invades Ethiopia
Italy invades Ethiopia starting the second Italo-Ethiopian war. -
Munich Conference
Averted the outbreak of war but gave Czechoslovakia away to German conquest. -
Germany invades Poland
Germany invades Poland sparking the beginning of the second world war. -
North Africa Campaign
a struggle of control over the Suez Canal and access to the middle eastern oil reserves -
Fall of France
Germany invades Paris signaling the fall of France -
Battle of Britain
A campaign where Britain's RAF defended against Germany's Luftwaffe -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Japanese kamikaze pilots attacked and destroyed everal American battleships on Pearl Harbor -
Battle of Midway
The turning point of the Western front of WW2 -
Battle of Stalingrad
Germany attempts to invade Russia and is stalemated at Stalingrad -
D-Day
American, British and Canadian troops land on the coastline of France with America landing on the beaches of Normandy. -
Battle of the Bulge
Germany attempted to divide in the allied defences creating a titular "bulge." -
Yalta Conference
a meeting between FDR, Churchill, and Stalin -
Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle over a strategic air base where the Americans not only planted a flag on it, but also broadcasted it back home. -
Battle of Okinawa
largest amphibian landing in the Pacific theater -
V-E Day
Europe's celebration after the surrender of Germany -
2 atomic bombs dropped
America drops their 2 atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki signaling the end of world war 2 -
V-J Day
America celebrating it's victory over Japan -
Nuremberg Trials
The trials preceding the end of WW2 on Germany