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Invasion of Manchuria
in 1931, it was part of Japanese aggression. It was in the South Pacific, China, and Korea. -
Hitler becomes Chancellor
Hitler promised to rise Germany to its greatest power, with government and military. -
Invasion of Ethiopia
Italy invaded Ethiopia in the hope to raise the Roman empire, back to its former glory. Mussolini was the dictator of Italy at this time. -
Non-Aggression Pact
in 1939, Germany and the Soviet Union sighed a treaty that they will not attack each other. -
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Invasion of Poland
Sept. 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland and that started WW2! And the Soviet Union invaded Poland on Sept. 3, 1939. -
Invasion of France (include Dunkirk)
In May 1940, the Notes took over France. France put up a wall, called the Maginot line, on the border with Germany and had troops on their border with Belgium, they left a forest unguarded and Germany went through it. -
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Battle of Britain
Hitler commanded his troops to bomb Britan every night. Kids were sent to London to be safe from the bomb, The adults were standing strong and going into bomb shelter every night. -
Atomic Bombings of Japan
America bombed Japan twice to get Japan to surrender, whoever was around the Atomic Bomb they were scared for life, really scared. -
Stalingrad
May 1941, Germany broke their truce with the Soviet Union. After 6 months Germans were defeated by the Soviet Union. -
Iwo Jima and Okinawa
we defeated the some Japanese people’s island because we attacked the weaker islands by doing island hopping and we left the stronger islands with no supplies. -
Battle of Midway
the U.S. stopped a Japanese navy fleet from attacking our islands. It was fought in the air and on water. -
Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941, the Japanese attacks the U.S. naval fleet, destroying 8 battleships, 300 planes, and killing 2,403 Americans. Our planes were out in the open, making it an easy target, because We thought the Japanese people living in America will sabotage the planes. -
Battle of the Bulge
In 1944, Germany tried to take over Russa, but winter took hold of them. Germany suffered 100,000 losses. -
Normandy Invasion (D-day)
On June 6, 1944, a sad battle went on killing thousands of American soldiers. 156,000 American, British, and Canadian armies laned on the five beaches on the coast of Normandy. -
V-E Day
May 8, 1945, Germany was defeated, ending WWII -
V-J Day
Sept. 2, 1945, Japan surrendered after America dropped two bombs on them.
