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1940-1949

By lillongoria

  • WWII

    WWII
    War against allied powers and axis powers. Allied powers took victory after several devastating battles across Europe and Pacific.

  • Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain
    The Battle of Britain was a military campaign for ww2. The royal air force and the fleet air arm of the royal navy defended the United Kingdom against Nazi air force attacks. Nazis fell to defeat.

  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike on United States naval base in Hawaii by the Japanese. Japan did this to buy time in the Pacific and Southeast Asia.

  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway
    Japanese aircraft carriers attacked and damaged the United States base on Midway. The U.S. destroyed Japan's first line carrier strength and their best trained naval pilots.

  • D-Day

    D-Day
    The D-day operation brought together land, air, and sea forces of allied armies which worked together to invade German-held France.

  • Holocaust End

    Holocaust End
    Holocaust was a genocide against European jews during WWII. Nazi Germany murdered millions of Jews

  • Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    Hiroshima and Nagasaki
    "Little boy," an uranium bomb was dropped on Hiroshima destroying about 70% of the city and killing about 140,000 people. A couple days later "Fat man," a plutonium bomb, dropped on Nagasaki. This bomb killed about 74,000 people. Both of these bombs were dropped by the U.S. in a stance to end the war.

  • United Nations

    United Nations
    The United Nations is an international organization that committed to maintaining international peace and security.

  • Cold War

    Cold War
    The Cold war was an ongoing political rivalry between United States and Soviet Union. After Germanys defeat in wwII these two parties argued about whether Germany will become communism ran or democracy.

  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine
    The Truman Doctrine is an American foreign policy that pledges American support democracies against threat.

  • Berlin Blockade

    Berlin Blockade
    The Soviet Union cut off all ground traffic into and out of West Berlin to force the allies to abandon the city. The Soviets were successful

  • NATO

    NATO
    The NATO is an organization formed by U.S., Canada, and several western European nations to provide security against the Soviet Union. NATO was the first peacetime military alliance.