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Hitler's control
Hitler controlled Germany and the taken countries -
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Holocaust
The genocide of European jews -
Japan invaded china
Started with the Marco Polo Bridge incident which ended up with Japan invading China -
The anschluss
annexation of the federal state of Austria -
the neutrality act of 1939
Lifted the embargo and put all trade with belligerent nations on cash and carry -
Invasion of Czechoslovakia
Germany takes over Czechoslovakia -
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World war two
War between Allied and Axis powers -
Invasion of Poland
was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Slovak Republic, and the Soviet Union, which marked the beginning of World War II. -
The fall of france
Germany attacked France and took control of it -
The battle of Britain
An air battle between Britain and the nazis -
D-Day
Allies landed in Normandy and started attacking -
Us oil embargo on japan
A ban on oil to aggressor countries -
Attack on pearl harbor
Japan bombed an American naval bas in Hawaii -
Battle of Midway Island
The us intercepted a Japanese invasion fleet heading towards Midway Island -
Battan death march
Japana assembled 78000 prisoners and then marched them to camp O'donald -
Battle of stalingrad
a major battle on the eastern front where Germany was locked in a battle for the control of Stalingrad. -
The Yalta conferance
Meetings of the heads of US, UK, USSR -
Ve day
Victory in Europe celebrating the formal acceptance of Germany's surrender -
Atomic bomb on Hiroshima
Bomb killed between 150,000 and 246,000 -
Atomic bomb dropped on nagasaki
America dropped a bomb on Nagasaki