World War II

  • Japan invasion of Manchuri

  • Munich Agreement

  • Hitler invades Czechoslovakia

  • Germany invades Poland

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    World War II

  • Cash and Carry policy

  • the evacuation from Dunkirk

  • Italy enters war on the side of Axis Power

  • Battle of Britain

  • Lend lease act

  • US froze all business with Japan

  • Pearl Harbor

  • Battle of Wake Island

  • Doolittle raid on Tokyo

  • Battle of Midway

  • Naval Battle of Guadalcanal

  • Battle of Bulge

  • Battle of Attu - May 11-30, 1943.

  • D-day: the Allied troops under the command of General Dwight Eisenhower began the invasion of Europe

  • Battle of Iwo Jima

  • Firebombing Raid on Tokyo

  • VE Day - Germany surrendered

  • 1st atomic bombing on Japan -- HIROSHIMA

  • 2nd atomic bombing of Japan-- NAGASAKI

  • UN formed

  • Marshall plan

  • NATO formed