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Kamikazes
a Japanese aircraft loaded with explosives and making a deliberate suicidal crash on an enemy target.
the pilot of an aircraft making a deliberate suicidal crash. They were active all throughout world war 2. -
Battle of Britain
Ends on Oct. 31, 1940 -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
The Japanese brought the U.S into ww2 when they bomber Pearl Harbor. This took place in 1941 and the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor since it was a naval base that housed many military ships that they were afraid of. -
White Rose(Nazis)
Anti nazi group that oppose the nazi regime. They were rebellious towards the nazis and were from Germany itself , they were a group throughout the entire war. -
Invasion of Italy
Ends on Sep. 16, 1943. Britain used very strategic points to invade Italy in 1943, this took place in Italy as they were allied with nazi Germany. They invaded since the war needed to be pushed back -
D-Day
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Battle of the Bulge
Ends on Jan. 25, 1945. This battle was a key one in ww2, it took place within Germany between the U.S. and allied forces and Germany . The Americans pushed to take down a fort of guns that were needed. -
Hiroshima Bombing
The U.S dropped a atomic bomb on Hiroshima in Japan to attempt to end ww2. This was the first bombing of 2 on 1945. -
Nagasaki bombing
Was the second of the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan by the U.S. It finally finished ww2 with the U.S. It did exactly what it was meant for -
Cold War
Ended in 1991 -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was an American foreign policy whose stated purpose was to counter Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War. -
Red scare
The red scare took place from the late 1940s to the early 1950s when the Cold War between the U.S and the Soviet Union intensified -
NATO
an intergovernmental military alliance between several North American and European countries based on the North Atlantic Treaty that was signed on 4 April 1949.
