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When Japan invaded China
Seeking raw materials to fuel its growing industries -
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The Holocaust
The Holocaust was the state-sponsored persecution and mass murder of millions of European Jews, Romani people, the intellectually disabled, political dissidents and homosexuals by the German Nazi regime between 1933 and 1945. -
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Hitler’s Control
Trade unions were abolished and workers, employees, and employers were forced into Nazi organizations -
The Anschluss
The annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany in 1938, where German troops marched into Austria and effectively incorporated it into the German Reich, marking a significant step in Hitler's expansionist agenda -
Invasion of Poland
Germany invades Poland, initiating World War II in Europe. -
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World War II
The largest and deadliest war in history, primarily sparked by Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland in 1939, which led to a global conflict involving multiple countries, including the Allied Powers against the Axis Powers, ultimately ending with the defeat of the Axis powers in 1945, marked by immense casualties and widespread devastation across Europe, Asia, and Africa -
The Neutrality Act of 1939
The act lifted the arms embargo and put all trade with belligerent nations under the terms of “cash-and-carry.” -
The Fall of France
A German assault on north-west Europe, known as the Battle of France, resulted in the capture and subjugation of France and three other countries -
The Battle of Britain
It was a major air campaign fought largely over southern England in the summer and autumn of 1940 -
US Oil Embargo on Japan
All of the oil exports to Japan were prohibited -
The attack on Pearl Harbor
The base was attacked by 353 fighters, level and dive bombers, and torpedo bombers in two waves launched from six aircraft carriers -
The Bataan Death March
It forced 60,000-80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war to march through the Philippines. -
Battle of Midway Island
A fight with almost entirely with aircraft, in which the US destroyed Japan's first-line carrier strength and most of its best trained naval pilots -
Battle of Stalingrad
A WWII battle fought between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union in the city of Stalingrad, Russia, where intense close-quarters combat and heavy aerial bombardment resulted in a devastating defeat for the German army. -
D-Day (Operation Overlord)
The Allied forces landed troops on Normandy beaches for the largest amphibious assault in history, beginning the march eastward to defeat Germany -
The Yalta Conference
A WWII meeting held in February 1945 between the leaders of the Allied powers - US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin. -
V-E Day
Germany unconditionally surrendered its military forces to the Allies, including the US -
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
The bomb was dropped by a USAAF B-29 bomber, Enola Gay, piloted by U.S. Army Air Force Colonel Paul Tibbets, Jr. The bomb was called ¨Little Boy¨ -
Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
The bomb was dropped by a USAAF B-29 airplane named "Bockscar", piloted by U.S. Army Air Force Major Charles Sweeney. It was call ¨Fat Man¨ -
Invasion of Czechoslovakia
It is a military operation led by the Soviet Union, utilizing Warsaw Pact forces, to forcefully suppress the "Prague Spring"