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Berlin wall
A wall that separated east and west Berlin -
hitlers sucide
he shot himself in the head -
Germany invades Poland
Germany invades Poland from the west -
Winston Churchill becomes prime minister of Britan
Neville chamberlain failed to appear so it was time for Churchill to shine because he knew about the dangers of Germany. -
Stalin attacks Finland
It was because of a military conflict between the soviet union and Finland -
Germany attacks France
Germany attacks France in battle -
Battle of Britian
Great Britain's defense against German air force (Luftwaffe) -
Hitler takes over the balkans
Hitler takes over them because he wanted to and he got want he wanted -
Lend-Lease act
When the legislation gave the president authority help or aid any allied nations during WWII -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Japanese surprise attack on pearl harbor -
formation of the U.N.
representatives of 26 nations met in Washington to sign the declaration of the united nations -
German blitzkrieg on soviet union
Germany finally lost to the soviet union -
Holocaust
when Nazi Germany killed 6 million Jewish men women and children and millions of others. -
Japanese internment camps
when the U.S. government forcefully relocated Japanese Americans to detention camps -
Battle of Midway
It was a naval battle in the pacific theater during world warII -
Guadalcanal
operation to take the island of tulagi -
Battle of Stalingrad
Nazi Germany fought there allies the soviet union for the control of Stalingrad -
Battle of el alamein
Marked watershed of the western desert campaign -
Tehran conference
Discussion centered on opening a second front in western Europe -
D-Day
When the allies invaded Normandy France -
Yalta conference
When the allied leaders met to plan the final defeat of Nazi Germany -
FDR's death
He died from a massive cerebral hemrrhage -
mussolininis assassination
he was killed by partisans along side his mistress -
Potsdam conference
When they had there peace talks about what should happen to Europe -
Hiroshima
U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Japan -
Nagasaki
second bomb dropped on Japan -
MacArthur's plan for japan
his plan was to make japan surrender -
Nuremberg trials
prosecution of leaders of the Nazi Germany -
Cold War
a state of geopolitical tension after world war-ii between eastern and western powers -
Marshall's plan
when the united states paid 13 billion dollars to western European countries -
Berlin air lift
when the soviets controlled berlin and part of Germany -
Cuban missile crisis
A thirteen day confrontation between the United States and the soviet union.
