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Japan invades Manchuria
The Japanese invasion of Manchuria began on 18 September 1931. The Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident. -
Italy invades Ethiopia
This was a colonial war between October 1935 to 1939 between the armed forces of Italy the Ethiopian Empire. -
Olympic games in Germany
Olympic games held in Nazi Germany between 8/1/1936 and 8/16/1936 -
Germany takes the Sudentenland
Sudetenland is given to Hitler in an attempt of appeasement -
Anschluss
Refers to the annexation of Austria into Germany. -
German Invasion Of Poland
Hitler invades Poland which incites war with the soviet union. Hitler unleashes blitzkrieg war tactics -
Battle of Britain
Royal air force defends Britain from invading Germans. -
Tripartite Pact
The Tripartite Pact was an agreement between Germany, Japan and Italy signed in Berlin. -
Atlantic Charter
A joint declaration from Great Britain and the US that set out a vision for the post war world -
Lend Lease Act
Proposed in late 1940 and passed in March 1941, the Lend-Lease Act provided U.S. military aid to foreign nations during World War II. -
Four Freedoms Speech
Roosevelt insisted that people in all nations of the world shared Americans' entitlement to four freedoms. Speech, Worship, from want, and freedom from want. -
Germany Attacks Soviet Union
Also known as operation Barbarossa, day Germany attacked the Soviet Union -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese send fighter planes and destroy almost the entire fleet at pearl harbor. Brings the US into WWII -
Battle of Midway
Naval battle in the pacific theater involving the US and Japan. Occurred six months after Pearl Harbor. Ended in a decisive american victory. -
Casablanca Conference
Allied European strategy for the next step in World War II. -
Tehran Conference
Strategy meeting of Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill. -
Invasion of Normandy
Largest amphibian invasion lever launched by the western allies on the northern coast of France. -
Battle of the Bulge
This was the last major German offensive push on the western front -
Yalta Conference
Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt discussed Europe's postwar reorganization. The purpose of Yalta was the bringing back of the nations conquered and destroyed by Germany -
Battle of Iwo Jima
Major battle in which the US captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Chinese Army. -
Battle of Okinawa
Major battle in the pacific war. US fought Japanese army on the islands of Okinawa. Code-named Operation Iceberg. -
Germany Surrenders
Germany officially surrendered to the Allies, bringing an end to the European conflict in World War II. -
Nagasaki
Second atomic bombing site. US dropped this bomb to end the war. -
Hiroshima
US drops bombs on the city of Hiroshima in Japan in hopes of stopping the war. -
Japanese surrender
Japan surrender ending the hostilities of WWII.
