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Japan invades Manchuria
Rebels in the Kwantung army arranged an explosion on the South Manchuria railway and tried to frame China. An argument ensued but it gave Japan an excuse to invade Manchuria. -
Anschluss
Union between Germany and Austria, which was forbidden by the Treaty of Versailles.
1) Shows the complete weakness of Britain - an independent nation consumed by Germany
2) Gave Hitler confidence to deal with the Czechs
3) Showed Hitler's treatment of the Jews as following The Anschluss there begins heavy and intense persecution of the jews -
Night of the Long Knives
Hitler made deal with army - they would support him if he disbanded SA and the country began to rearm
30 June 1934 - SS assassination squads murdered Hitlers potential rivals - 400 people killed in the Night of the Long Knives -
Italy invades Ethiopia
to expand territory, boost Italian morale, regain pride from previously lost battle, and to get more land for resources, power, and farmer employment -
Kristallnacht
Night of Broken Glass, night when the Nazis killed or injured many jews and destroyed many jewish propertys -
Appeasement (Chamberlain)
the policy of pacifying an aggressor through giving into their demands thus maintaining peace -
Non Aggression Pact
Secret agreement between German leader Hitler and Soviet Leader Stalin in 1939 not to attack one another and to divide Poland. Significant because the pact allowed Germany to take Poland without any interference from the USSR, allowing further power to be gained. -
Germany invades Poland
Beginning of WWII, once Hitler invades Poland. Poland is finished by the end of the month then is partitioned for the 4th time -
France surrenders to Germany
France surrendered to Germany on June 22, 1940 .Most of Europe was conquered by Germany. Left Britain alone against Hitler. -
Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britian was an air campaign waged bewteen the Luftwaffe and the United Kingdom. Following the Battle of France, Hitler attempted to invade Britain. Significantly, Britain fought off the German attack and was considered the first major allied victory and was a crucial turning point in the war. -
Final Solution
Nazi policy of exterminating European Jews. Introduced by Heinrich Himmler and administered by Adolf Eichmann, the policy resulted in the murder of 6 million Jews in concentration camps between 1941 and 1945. -
Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor
Japan attacked because they wanted to prevent the US from attacking Japan,they wanted to continue to take over countries in Southeast Asia,
and they wanted to cripple the US Navy -
Battle of Midway
The Japanese surprised attack the American carriers by attacking the Coral islands. It was a mostly air battle between fighter planes. They used a lot of dive bombers and torpedo bombers which granted the Americans victory. They won also because of the code breakers which showed where the Japanese were attacking. -
Battle of Stalingrad
when German air forces invaded Britain but the British Royal Air Force drove them out with the help of the new invention radar that let them know where the German planes were as well as search lights -
D-Day
The Allied attempt to win back France from Nazi Germany by landing troops on the French beaches of Normandy -
Battle of the Bulge
Primarily American forces were attacked because Hitler thought that the alliances in Western Europe were weak and they could easily be broken apart by an attack and defeat by the Germans -
Liberation of Auschwitz
There were concentration were they served Coffee, turnip soup, sawdust bread, and 1.1 million people died there. They used Zyklon-B in the gas chambers and it took about 15 min, to die -
V-E Day
Nazi Germany's surrendered because the locations of Germany, strong soviet army, the U.S. Production capacity and poor decision made by hitler -
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
The U.S decided to drop the two bombs on Japan because Japan refused to surrender, causing the Pacific War to drag on. The U.S offered a unconditional surrender known as the 'Potsdam Declaration' and said if they didn't agree to it, they would face the Alternative of "Prompt and utter destruction" and Japan ignored it. -
V-J Day
victory over japan- japan surrendered
