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Japan invades Manchuria
Japan invade Manchuria in order to expand Japan's land. Manchuria is high in natural resources and raw material. -
Italy invades, annexes Ethiopia
Invaded for its raw materials a and natural resources. Became the gateway to WWII and showed the ineffectiveness of the League of Nations. -
Japan invades China
WWII is initiated in the Pacific. -
Germany takes over Austria (Anschluss)
Nazi party took control of Austria for the Third Reich and the Chancellor of Austria resigned before the annexation and told Austrian troops to resist against Germany -
The Munich Agreement is a signed (appeasement)
during which the leaders of Great Britain, France, and Italy agreed to allow Germany to annex certain areas of Czechoslovakia and hitler appeases -
Operation Barbarossa
They launched an invasion to Stalingrad with 3 million men and three thousand tanks. Operation Barbossa was the turning point in WWII for its failure of the Nazi Army. -
Germany invades Poland
Germany invades poland in order to regain german territory that was given to Poland in 1919. -
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German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact is signed
international pact/treaty between Germany and the Sovie Union supporting peaace and avoiding war. They promised not to attack one another. -
The Battle of Britain
German planes ("Luftwaffe") fly over Britain conducts air raids. British victory in 1941. -
The Tripartite Pact
When Germany, Italy, and Japan make an alliance with each other in WWII. -
Pearl Harbor
The United States military base on Hawaii that was bombed by Japan airmen. It brought the United States into World War II. -
US declares war on Japan
US declares war on Japan and within days Germany and Italy. -
Creation of United Nation
creation of the united nations was to protect the treaty laws -
Battle of Stalingrad
Soviet defense of the city Stalingrad. The Germans broke the Non-Agression pact with soviet union and the Germans invaded Russia to try to gain more power and they attacked the city. The Germans did not succesfuly capture it. -
Battle of Midway
When Americans and Japanese plane attack Japanese aircraft carriers. Americans destroyed most of Japan's aircraft carriers and it was time to move in offensively. -
Italian Government surrenders
Hitler begins operation axis in order to occupy and gather Italy.The royal family fled Rome to begin again in southeastern Italy. Many residents and Italian troops decided to surrender. -
D-Day
When Allied forces landed in Normandy, France to begin a massive offensive against the Germans in the occupied territory of Europe. -
Liberation of Paris from Nazi occupation
Due to Eisenhower sending in troops from US, Paris was freed from the German occupancy of 4 years. -
Yalta Conference
It was a meeting of "The Big Three" Stalin, FDR, and Churchill to discuss Allied military strategy and other politics. -
Hiroshima
When the American B-29 bomber dropped the first Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima it wiped out about 90% of the city and Immedietly killed 80,000 people. -
Nagasaki Bombing
The second atomic bomb dropped 3 days later on the city Nagasaki and kiling about 40,000 people. -
Hitler's Suicide
When Nazi party leader Adolf Hitler comitted suicide because of losing the war and he did not want to be captured alive the allied forces. -
V-E Day
German surrender confirmed. The day that Germany and Italy officially and unconditionally surrendered to the Allied forces. -
Potsdam Conference
Stalin, Churchill and Harry S Truman and others attended in August 1945. Discussed debt, treaties and the effects after the war. -
Nuremburg Trials
Prosecuted Nazis for war crimes, especially against 11 million killed including the 6 million Jews during the war. 21 defendants were leaders of the Third Reich and aarchitects of the Holocaust.
