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- WW1 ended in 1918
- 1919 treaty of Versailles
- 1920's Peace
- 1930 Great depression
- 1931 Japan invades Manchuria
- 1933 Hitler comes to power in Germany
- 1937 Japan invades China
- 1939 WW2 starts
Germany Invades Poland 1939:
- started WW2
Winter War: November 30 1939:
- Soviet invaded Finland
- Fought in the snow
- Got them kicked out of the league of nations
- Soviet lost a lot of land (Finland) from Treaty of Versailles
Battle of Britain 1940:
- Battle for Britain
Concentration Camps/ Holocaust 1941- 1945
- 11- 12 million Jews all together
Pearl Harbor 1941:
- Dragged us into war
- Japan invaded Pearl Harbor
- People wanted to join the war to get back at Japan
D-Day: Landing at Normandy:
- Mass attempt to get a foot into the war
- Germany controlled France
- crossed English Channel
Battle of Peleliu September 15, 1944:
- assault on Japan
- take control of airfields
- so we could bomb and to launch bombs
Iwo Jima February 19 1945:
- We had to take Iwo Jima in order to Take over Japan
- Code talkers by Navajo indians
- Used their language to communicate
- breaking the code for Japan was hard
Bombing of London:
- Germany constantly bombed London
- Hitler had plans to invade Great Britain
- Weaken Great Britain and never did surrender
Germany Surrenders 1945:
- after Hitler committed suicide
- saw he was losing the war so he killed himself
Dive Bombers:
- Planes that dove down and dropped bombs
- Used a lot but then decreased
- Had good accuracy
- Bomb cities and targets
German Type V11 submarine
- boat used by Germany
- Germany used most
- Other countries had subs but
Crusader Tanks;
- used a lot
- menuver
- cheapest things to make
Battle of Stalingrad
- Nazi Germany and Soviet Union
- Fought for ownership
- Lasted for 5 months
- Soviets won
- later on Germany invaded Soviet Union
- a lot of people died in this battle
Nagasaki bomb:
- Main reason Japan surrender
Gas Mask Training:
- gas wasn't used a lot
African Americans
- wanted to fight
Guard Duty:
- time to relax for people
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