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The Battle of Britain

Main fighter planes are the Hurricane and the Spitfire
Germans fought too far away from their bases so that fuel and reaming were impossible
The British could land, refuel and rearm and be in the air again, quickly
The battle of Britain remains one of the most famous battles of the WWII
Bad weather stopped the Luftwaffe (German Air force) from their planned daily raids in August
September 15th The German air force lost 60
On June 18th 1940, Churchill gave a speech to the British people. Four days later France surrendered to Hitler and he turned his attention to Britain

Nanking, China Massacre

In December of 1937 the japanese imperial army marched into china’s capital city of nanking, which had a population of about 600,000 at the time
The Imperial Japanese Army disarmed the chinese and massacred 300,000 civilians, there was also a lot of war rape occurring
Citywide burnings, stabbings, drownings, strangulations, rapes, thefts and massive property destruction continued for about six weeks, from mid-December 1937 through the beginning of February 1938
the streets of Nanking were were said to literally have run with blood
The Japanese records of the death toll was kept secret, and most likely destroyed in 1945, after the Japanese surrender
chinas death estimate was around 300000
some historians say that the massacre might have not even happened all the deaths were justified by military reason
Although the Japanese government has admitted to the killings, lootings, and other violences, a small group in the government and the public still claims it didn’t happen
In Japan, public opinion of the massacre varies
Most don’t deny that it happened

Anshluss

anschluss was the union between austria and germany
It was the invasion and annexation of Austria in March of 1938
It was very unsuccessful
when austrian government changed to a authorian right-wing government germany began to get worried
In February 1938, Hitler invited the Austrian Chancellor in Germany and forced him to let German pretty much take control
The chancellor of austria disagreed but was then bullied into the agreement
The merging of Austria with Germany had previously been forbidden by Article 80 of the Treaty of Versailles
the austrian chancellor tried to crack down on the socialists and nazis because he thought were tearing the country apart
dollfuss banned the nazi party
It failed because the Austrian military intervened to back up the government
Later succeeded in 1938
In 1938 austrian chancellor kurt von schuschnigg bullied by hitler during a meeting at Hitler’s retreat home in berchtesgaden
Kurt agreed to a greater Nazi presence within Austria
He appointed a nazi minister of police and announced an amnesty for all nazi prisoners

Invasion of Manchuria

in japan the Kwangtun army attacked chinese troops in manchuria. this was an event that was known as the invasion of manchuria
This invasion was an attempt to gain control over the whole province which was lead by the Japanese Empire
People looked at this invasion to the one of the causes of WWII
In 1945 The soviets invaded Manchuria
1 million soviets were sent in to take down 700,00 Japanese Army men
The Japanese weren’t expecting war until 1945 but the soviets attacked before then
Japan was becoming over populated and saw the 200,000 sq. km. of Manchuria as land to put the Japanese citizens
manchuria had rich mineral soils forests and agricultural land. japan saw this as a way to make money for the country
Japan began to put large amounts of money into the manchuria economy and kept a large army in southern manchuria by 1931
China’s league demanded the Japanese army to leave after an explosion on the South Manchuria Railway
The Japanese army didn’t listen and invaded all of Manchuria
The league established the commission of enquiry this made manchuria its own country so others wouldn’t fight over ownership
This invasion made a significant change in the Japan foreign
The League within this attack took over a year to respond and ordered Japan to withdraw, which lead the Japan people to walk out

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