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Japanese Aggression
Japan invaded Manchuria for their raw materials. Eventually, Japan invaded China and the capital Bejing. -
Hitler becomes Chancellor
Adolf Hitler becomes the supreme leader of Germany in 1933. His plan was to make Germany a powerful unified one party state. -
Hitler pledges to undo the Treaty of Versailles
Hitler believed the treaty was unfair and made Germany look weak so he had to abolish it. Hitler broke the treaty's terms by building up his army in secret. -
Germany, Italy, Japan form pact known as axis powers
Germany, Italy, and Japan signed the Tripartite Pact, which became known as the Axis alliance. -
Italy invades Ethiopia
Italy invaded Ethiopia because Benito Mussolini the leader of Italy adopted Hitlers plans of expanding Germany and used it to inspire the invasion of Ethiopia. -
Germany annexes Austria
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Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France sign the Munich Agreement
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Germany breaks the Munich agreement and occupies the rest of Czech lands
Hitler had already annexed Austria and planned to take Czechoslovakia next to create a greater Germany. Germany annexed the Sudetenland before annexing the rest of Czechoslovakia. -
Germany and the Soviet Union sign the Nazi-Soviet pact, dividing Eastern Europe into spheres of influence.
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Germany invades poland
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Honoring their support of Poland, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany.
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Soviet Union invades Poland
The Hitler-Stalin non-aggression pact let the Soviet Union have a chunk of Poland's Eastern region. -
Auschwitz
Auschwitz was the largest Nazi concentration camp. During WWII more than 1 million people died at this death camp. when the soviet army began approaching the camp was abandoned and around 60,000 prisoners were sent on a forced march to a different place -
Germany invades Denmark and Norway
After the German invasion of Norway was a victory for Hitler, the king Christian X of Denmark surrendered to Hitler. -
France falls and Germany controls Paris
After the conquering of France, Germany planned on taking Britain next. -
Operation Sea Lion
The German invasion of Britain was called Operation Sea Lion. Britain won its first victory in WWII. -
North African Campaign
The campaign was fought betwwen the allies and the axis powers in North Africa. -
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Phony war
France and Great Britain declare war on Germany. Troops mobilize on the Maginot line. on April 9th the two sides started fighting when Hitler launches surprise attack on Denmark and Norway. -
Britain defeats Germany in operation Sea Lion
This battle lasted from July-October 1940. Britain had an edge on Germany because since Britain is an island, the Luffewaffe had to fly back and forth over the English channel to land and refuel. German planes had 30 minutes of fuel and flew close together making it easier for the British to attack them. Even though the Germans came equipped with two times the 600 aircraft Britain had, Britain was able to defeat Germany with their use of radar to see through the dense fog. -
Battle of Britain ends
The battle between Britain and germany was won by the Royal Air Force -
Germany invades the Soviet Union
Three great army groups over 3 million German soldiers, this invasion was called operation Barbarossa and was a turning point in WWII because it forced Germany to fight a two-front war. -
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Kristallnacht
Meaning night of broken glass kristallncht was a wave of ani-jewish attacks on synagogues, homes, schools and businesses. -
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Japan had carefully planned the attack a year in advance. -
Battle of midway ends
Japan targeted Midway island 1,500 miles from Hawaii. There was a large US air force located here that Japan wanted to disable. Code breakers alerted commander of US Pacific Fleet that Japan was going to attack. -
Battle of Guadacanal
The Battle of Guadalcannal was between the US and Japan.With Japanese troops stationed there, U.S. marines launched a surprise attack and took control of an air basethat was under construction. under construction -
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Battle of Stalingrad
Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Russia. -
D-Day
The Normandy landings were the landing operations of the allied invasion of Normandy in operation overlord in WWII. -
Germany surrenders
German military surrenders -
Hiroshima
''little boy" was dropped on Hiroshima in retaliation for the bombing of Pearl Harbor. -
Nagasaki
An atomic bomb called "Fat Man" was the second one dropped on Japan. It was dropped after Japan refused to surrender. -
Japan surrenders
Japan finally surrenders after the bombing of the city of Nagasaki.
