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Invasion of Manchuria
Searching for raw materials, Japan invaded the Chinese province of Manchuria. -
Munich Agreement
The agreement averted an outbreak of war but it gave Czechoslovakia to Germany. -
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Invasion of Poland
Hundreds of thousands refugees both Jewish and non-Jewish ran away from the German advance. -
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Fall of Paris
France signed an armistice with the Germans and a puppet French state was born. -
Battle of Britain
Germany's failure to defeat the Royal Air Force and secure control of the skies above Southern England made the invasion all but impossible. -
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Start of Operation Barbarossa
The operation's objectives were to defeat and destroy the Soviet Union's Red Army, seize the cities of Moscow, Leningrad, and Kiev, overthrow the Soviet Union's communist government. -
Pearl Harbor
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor because they were trying to prevent the United States Pacific Fleet from intruding with its military actions in Southeast Asia. -
Battle of Midway
Japan attacked Midway to make it a base for them to attack Pearl Harbor. -
Stalingrad
The Soviet Union inflicted a huge defeat on the German Army. -
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Invasion of Italy
The allied armies were able to force the axis land, air and sea divisions out of the land. -
D-Day
Hitler refused his commanders freedom to give up ground gave the allies a more complete victory. -
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Liberation of Paris
The liberation did not just represented the end of the city's darkest hour, but the very birth of modern France. -
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Battle of Iwo Jima
Taking the island was symbolic of the capture of Japan's main land. -
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Battle of Okinawa
Taking Okinawa would provide the Allied forces with an airbase from which bombers could bomb Japan. -
V-E Day
Also known as Victory in Europe Day, celebrations erupted around the world to celebrate the end of WWII in Europe. -
Atomic Bombing pf Hiroshima
The atomic bomb killed between 90,000 and 146,000 people in Hiroshima. -
Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki
The atomic bomb killed between 60,000 and 80,000 people in Nagasaki. -
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VJ-Day
VJ-Day (Victory over Japan Day) is the day that Japan unconditionally surrendered. -
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Nuremberg Trials
Nazi Germany leaders stood trial for their war crimes and the conspiracy to commit more crimes.