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Anschluss of Austria
Union of Austria to Germany orchestrated by Hitler. -
Munich Conference
British and French convinced the Czechs to give up Sudentenland to appease hitler. -
Nazi-Soviet pact
An agreement between Hitler and Stalin to keep peace between each country. -
Blitzkrieg
Hitler orders a "lighting war" or constant bombing on Norway and Belgium -
Operation Sea Lion
Hitler invades Britain. -
Operation Barbarossa
Hitler breaks the Nazi-Soviet pact and invades the Soviet Union for natural resources. -
Pearl Harbor
Suprise attack on American soil that killed 2,400 people and the reason America entered World War Two. -
Island Hopping
A goal of the U.S. to defeat the Japanese one island at a time allowed them to move north. -
"Big Three"
FDR, Winston Churchill, and Stalin meet and decided to the first fight the war in Europe and then in the Pacific. (Japan) -
Yalta Conference
Three leaders agreed that the Soviet Union would enter war against Japan. -
D-Day
U.S. invades France to defeat the Germans. (Normandy) -
United Nations
Allowed U.S., Russia, Britain, France, and China to keep peace worldwide. -
V-E Day
Germany Surrenders. Victory in Europe. -
Manhattan Project
A code name for the A-Bomb. Truman warned Japan but they didn't surrender. -
A-Bomb
U.S. drops bomb on Hiroshima. -
A-Bomb
U.S. drops bomb on Nagasaki. -
Truman Doctrine
President Truman launched the new policy Truman Doctrine, the policy was based on the idea of containment, limiting communism to the areas already under Soviet control. -
Marshall Plan
To strengthen the Democratic Governments the U.S. offered a massive aid package. -
Division of Germany
Germany and Berlin eventually divided into Communist and Non-Communist zones. -
NATO
United States, Canada, and 10 other countries formed a new Military alliance. -
Warsaw Pact
Soviet Union formed their own Military alliance.
