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Invasion of Manchuria
Japan invaded Manchuria and established a puppet state called Manchukuo, which lasted until the end of WWII. Nobosuke Kishi, later PM of Japan, oversaw the development of Japanese-occupied Manchuria in the 1930s. -
Hitler becomes Chancellor
Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in January of 1933. Hitler Promised to help the economy and build up the military. In 1934 he increased the size of the army, began building warships
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Invasion of Ethiopia
Italy invades Ethiopia,one of the only independent nations in Africa. In 1935 and officially adds Ethiopia to the “Italian Empire” in 1936. -
Munich Conference
September 1938, the British and French prime ministers agreed to Hitler’s demands without consulting Czechoslovakian leaders, in the hopes that this would avoid a war in Europe. In March 1939, Hitler invaded the rest of Czechoslovakia. -
Kristallnacht
Nazis in Germany torched synagogues, vandalized Jewish homes, schools and businesses and killed close to 100 Jews. In the aftermath of Kristallnacht, also called the “Night of Broken Glass,” some 30,000 Jewish men were arrested and sent to Nazi concentration camps. -
Non-Aggression Pact
Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact. In which the two countries agreed to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years. -
Invasion of Poland
Nonaggression Pact eliminated danger of a Soviet invasion from the east. Since of that Germany was free to invade poland without being attacked by the easy. Soon after that Britain and France declared war on Germany. -
Invasion of France (Dunkirk)
Germans surround British and French forces near Dunkirk France.The Allies lost this battle More than 300,000 British and French soldiers forced to evacuate from Dunkirk. -
Battle of Britain
Hitler ordered bomb raids on Great Britain, increasing in intensity. Then Churchill refused peace settlement. So the Luftwaffe (German air force) attacked Britain night after night. -
Stalingrad
Hitler changed his mind about giving parts of Europe to Soviet
Union. Germany invaded U.S.S.R. on June 22, 1941 Scorched-earth policy hurt Germans in the Battle of Stalingrad Stalin wanted city held at all costs After 6 months Soviets defeat Germans -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese attack U.S. naval fleet in Hawaii. Eight battleships and more than 300 planes destroyed 2,403 American casualties -
Bataan Death March
Approximately 75,000 Filipino and American troops on Bataan were forced to make an arduous 65-mile march to prison camps. The marchers made the trek in intense heat and were subjected to harsh treatment by Japanese guards. -
Battle of Midway
U.S. Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy that played out six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The U.S. Navy’s decisive victory in the air-sea battle located at the midway island successful defense by us. -
Normandy Invasion (D-day)
General Dwight D. Eisenhower and 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region Resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe From Nazi Germany’s control. -
Battle of the Bulge
The last German push occurred in the winter of 1944, in the Battle of the Bulge The Allies suffered high casualties,but turned the Germany army away. Since that outcome germany was never able to be that large scale again. -
Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference, also known as the Crimea Conference and code-named the Argonaut Conference, World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe. -
Iwo Jima and Okinawa
Military campaign between U.S. Marines and the Army of Japan in early 1945. Located 750 miles off the coast of Japan, the island of Iwo Jima had three airfields that could serve as a staging facility for a potential invasion of mainland Japan. This battle demolished the hopes of Japan -
V-E Day
On 1945 the Americans and Soviets met in the German capital of Berlin. Victory in Europe Day announced on May 8,1945 With the war in Germany over the Allies turned their focus towards Japan. -
Atomic Bombings of Japan
The U.S. dropped bombs on 2 Japanese cities, Hiroshima
on Aug 6, 1945, and then Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 1945
(120,000 Japanese dead immediately). -
V-J Day
On Aug. 14, Japan surrenders, Japan is put under control
of Gen. Douglas McArthur, and VJ-Day is announced
Sept. 2, 1945
