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The invasion led to more Japanese military aggression in China.
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This agreement averted the outbreak of war but gave Czechoslovakia away to German conquest. -
An attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Slovak Republic, and the Soviet Union.
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The armies of the Sixth Coalition invaded France and advanced toward Paris.
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The successful defense of Great Britain against unremitting and destructive air raids conducted by the German air force. -
Operation Barbarossa was a code name Hitler used for invasion of the Soviet Union.
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Japan wanted to immobilize the Pacific Fleet in Hawaii so that the United States couldn't interfere with Japan's invasion plans. -
The battle brought the Pacific naval forces of Japan and the U.S. to approximate parity and marked the turning point of the war between the two countries. -
The battle of Stalingrad stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union.
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The Allied invasion of Italy was the invasion of mainland Italy by the Allies during World War II. -
Relieved pressure on the Soviet Union in the east and allowed for the liberation of France. Which would weaken Germany's overall position in western Europe -
French armored division, went through the beaches of Normandy, opening a Western front against Germany. -
the US needed an island close to Japan from which to launch air strikes. -
The invasion was part of Operation Iceberg, a complex plan to invade and occupy the Ryukyu Islands, including Okinawa. -
V-E Day was the victory over Europe. Where Germany surrendered to the allies. -
A second atomic bomb is dropped on Japan by the United States, at Nagasaki, resulting in Japan's surrender. -
Japan surrendered to the Allies, ending WWII. -
After the war was over the Nazi soldiers were put on trial and given death penalty.