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Japan invades Manchuria
Japan claimed that Chinese soldiers had sabotaged the railway, and attacked the Chinese army. -
Night of the Long Knives
Also known as operation Hummingbird, Hitler order his elite SS guards to to murder the paramilitary SA organization's leaders, fearing they had become too powerful. -
Italy invades Ethiopia
Border incident between Ethiopia and Italian Somali-land gave Mussolini an excuse to intervene, rejecting all arbitration offers, the Italians invaded Euthiopia. -
Anschluss
Union plan with Austria - aim to unite all German-speaking people in one country. -
Appeasement (Chamberlain)
policy of making concessions to the dictatorial powers in order to avoid conflict- Munich pact was signed which sealed the fate of Czechoslovakia, virtually handing it over to Germany avoiding conflict. -
Kristallnacht
Nazi's in Germany torched synagogues, and vandalized Jewish homes, schools, and businesses, and killed close to 100 Jews -
Non Aggression Pact
Also known as neutrality pact is a treaty between two or more states/ countries that includes a promise not to engage in military action against each other. -
Germany invades Poland
Adolf Hitler seeks to regain lost territory and ultimately rule Poland. -
France surrenders to Germany
The French government signed an armistice with Nazi Germany just six weeks after the Nazis launched their invasion of Western Europe. -
Battle of Britain
Germany bombed Great Britain in order to try and destroy their air force and prepare for invasion. -
Final Solution
Nazi policy of exterminating European Jews - resulted in the murder of 6 million Jews in concentration camps. -
Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor
it intended to destroy important American fleet units, thereby preventing the Pacific Fleet from interfering with Japanese conquest of the Dutch East Indies and Malaya and to enable Japan to conquer Southeast Asia without interference. -
Battle of Midway
The United States Navy defeated a Japanese attack against Midway Atoll, marking a turning point in the war in the Pacific theatre. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Successful Soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad- It stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union and marked the turning of the tide of war in favor of the Allies. -
D-Day
Day of operation to liberate Western Europe from the Nazi Germany. Troops landed on Normandy, France. -
Battle of the Bulge
Attempt to push the Allied front line west from northern France to northwestern Belgium. -so-called because the Germans created a “bulge” around the area of the Ardennes forest in pushing through the American defensive line. -
Liberation of Auschwitz
Soviet army entered Auschwitz and liberated more than 7,000 remaining prisoners, who were mostly ill and dying. -
V-E Day
Millions of people across the world celebrated Allied victory in Europe, rejoicing in the defeat of the Nazi war machine.
German surrender -
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Possible solution to end the war- strong force use to make Japan surrender -
V-J Day
Japanese surrender News- End of WWII
