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Japan invades China/Rape of Nanking
Japan invades China -
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WWI Timeline
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Invasion of Poland/German Blitzkrieg
The German army took over Poland by force -
Selective Service Act
The Draft -
Invention of Jeep
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Operation Barborossa
Germany invades Soviet Russia -
Office of Scientific Research and Development
Developed new war technology -
Office of Price Administration
the government controls prices -
Pearl Harbor
bombing of Pearl Harbor in Oahu, HI -
War Production Board
Rationed War materials -
Bataan Death March
Japanese force POWs to 80 miles to a prison camp -
WAAC
Women's Army Auxillary Corps -
Manufatrurers
manufatcuring nearly doubled in the 4 years of the war -
Battle of Guadalcanal
Allies battle Japanese at Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands -
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle between Germany and Soviet Russia -
D-Day
Landing of US and British at Normandy, France -
Operation Thunderclcap
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Battle of the Bulge
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Battle of Iwo Jima
Bloodiest battle in the Pacific during WWII -
Battle of Okinawa
Largest amphibious assault in the Pacific during WWII -
V-E Day
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Trinity Test
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Postdam Conference
Meeting of Stalin,Churchill, and President Truman to discuss the punishment of Nazi Germany. -
Bombing of HIroshima
US dropped "Little Boy" on Hiroshima, Japan -
Bombing of Nagasaki
US dropped "Fat Man" on Nagasaki, Japan -
V-J Day
Victory over Japan/Japan Surrendered