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the Japanese invasion of Manchuria ( manchuko)
Kwantung army of empire of japan invaded manchuria.
This leads up to the bombing of pearl harbor -
Hitler made Chancellor of Germany
marked a crucial turning point for Germany and the world. Germsny was desperate and in this dire need, hitler took ahold of their volnurableness and used it to his advantage -
the munich pact
this was the settlement that let Germany take over parts of Czechoslovakia.
this made hitler think that he could take over more than he was suppose to -
kristallnacht
Nazis in Germany torched synagogues, vandalized Jewish homes, schools and businesses and killed close to 100 Jews. This led to the beggining of the holocaust -
invasion of poland
hitler invaded Poland and said that they tried to attack Germany first.
This started the world war 2 -
dunkirk
the evacuation of allied soldiers from the beaches and harbor of Dunkirk.
The allies get to live to see another day, germans let them escape.
they will later fight in other battles -
The attack of pearl harbor
Japanese fighter planes attacked the us naval base at pearl harbor near Honolulu Hawaii.
It was devastating, this anger makes us join in the world war -
Bataan death march
Japanese army marched 60-80 thousand philipine and American prisoners of war -
battle of midway
one of the most important naval battles of wwii.
It took place one month after the attack of pearl harbor.
The us won -
D-day
largest seaborn invasion in history. it was the attack on beach Normandy.
They got most of their gear on land so they could fight and win the ground battle -
battle of the bulge
Last time Germany attacked
Hitler tried to deprive the allies of the sea port
the Nazis were defeated -
Yalta conference
second wartime meeting between the British prime minister Winston Churchill, soviet premier Joseph stallin, and us president Harry Truman.
They talked about the conquered land that Germany had taken over and what to do with it. they split up everything evenly without fighting -
V E day
Great Britain and the US celebrate victory in Europe.
Germany surrendered and its the end of the war now -
The bombing of hiroshima
Us pilots dropped first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. japan then surrendered to us -
V J day
Japan surrendered and this ended the world war
