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Japan invades china.
This was the day the japanese decided to invade china, manchuria to be more descriptive. the battle was won by the japanese decicively. -
Munich conference
This was a conference held between the allied powers and germany to discuss the annexation of several countries to appease germany. -
Non-Agression pact
This was signed between the germans and the soviets as a symbol of no agression. -
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Invasion of Poland
This was when the germans began to agress on poland in thier master plan to conquire europe. -
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Battle of Britain
This battle was fought between the allies and axis powers. The big players where canada the british germany and italy. This battle was a victory for the british on holloween. The british defended britain for almost four months. The main attackers was the German airforce, the luftewaffe. they proformed many night time bombings. -
Lend-Lease Act
This was an idea hatched by roosevelt to stay neutral but help the allies. He signed into law the Lend-lease act that allowed the usa to lease guns to the allies to help with the war effort. -
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Holocaust
This was the servere percecution of the Jews by the German nazis. During this time the nazis held these people in concentration camps and torchured them. -
Operation Barbarossa
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Pearl harbor
on this day the japanese air force bombed and shot at peal harbor killing thousands of innocent people and even more soldiers. -
Battle of midway
This battle took place at the midway atoll between the usa and the japanese empire. -
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Battle of Stalingrad
The big players where the soviets and the germans, along with a few other nazi countries such as croatia. the decicive victor was the soviets. this battle was considered a turning point for the european theater. the nazi party began to decline on the eastern and western fronts. -
D-day
On this day American troops along with some of our british allies invaded the beaches of normandy and cleared the beach head to push back the germans. this attack, though with a high deathtoll was a success. -
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Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Buldge was a German offencive campaign that lasted from december 16th 1944 to January 25 1945. This battle took place in the forests of Ardennese in Belgium, France, and even parts of Luxemburg. This is part of the western front. The goal of this battle was to recapture a harbor called Antwerp. This was an allied victory. -
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Battle of Iwo Jima
This battle was an American victory in the Pacific theater. The japanese empire fell after 2 months of fighting. This battle was not won with ease due to the well hidden enemy using guerilla warfare; hiding in the hills and brush. -
Battle of Okinawa
This battle took place on the island of okinawa in the pacific theater against the japanese. this battle lasted about two months. -
V-E Day
This day marks the end of the war in europe. this is a huge deal because the nazis where finally defeated on this day. -
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagisaki
on this day the U.S. dropped two atomic bombs on the japanese cities of hiroshema and nagisaki. -
Bataan death march
on this day all of the prisoners of war where moved to another destination called san fernando. But they all died before they made it to their destination. -
V-J day
This way the day that marked the end of the war in japan. the victor was the allies. this day was named after the victory in europe. -
Warsaw Pact
This was a non agression agreement between
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