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Japan invades Manchuria
when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria -
Final Solution
Was the Nazi plan for the genocide of Jews -
Night of the Long Knives
Also called, Operation Hummingbird, was a purge that took place in Germany -
Italy invades Ethiopia
A border incident between Ethiopia and Italian Somaliland that December gave Benito Mussolini an excuse to intervene -
Anschluss
refers to the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany -
Appeasement
The signing of a peace pact with Nazi Germany -
Appeasement (Chamberlain)
the policy of making concessions to the dictatorial powers in order to avoid conflict -
Kristallnacht
Was a pogrom against jews carried out by SA parliamentary forces and civilians throughout Germany -
Non Aggression Pact
Nazi Germany and The Soviet Union signed a pact in which, the two countries agreed to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years -
Non Aggression Pact
A treaty between two or more states/countries -
Germany invades Poland
The invasion of Poland, marked the beginning of World War II -
France surrenders to Germany
The French government signed an armistice with Nazi Germany -
Battle of Britain
was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force defended the United Kingdom against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany -
Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise preemptive military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor -
Battle of Midway
a decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II t -
Battle of Stalingrad
largest confrontation of World War II, in which Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad -
D-Day
World War II on which Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy. -
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Counteroffensive, was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front -
Liberation of Auschwitz
the Soviet army entered Auschwitz and liberated more than 7,000 remaining prisoners, who were mostly ill and dying -
V-E Day
the day marking the Allied victory in Europe in -
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
The United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki -
V-J Day
Victory over Japan Day is the day on which Imperial Japan surrendered in World War II, in effect bringing the war to an end.
