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Blitzkrieg of Northern Europe
Germany quickly took over Denmark, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, and France.
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Battle of Britain
Battle of Britain. Great Britain defended itself against Hitler's aggression.
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Petain: Premier of Occupied France
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Germany's Invasion of Soviet Union
Germany's Invasion of Soviet Union prompted USSR to join the Allied side.
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Tojo Hideki: Japan Prime Minister
Tojo Hideki was Japan's Prime Minister during WWII, from 1941 to 1944.
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Douglas MacArther
Commanded the U.S. Southwest Pacific Theatre in WWII
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Pearl Harbor Attack
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii forced the U.S. to join the Allies against the Axis powers.
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Manhattan Project
The Manhattan Project developed the Atomic Bomb
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Battle of the Coral Sea
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Battle of Midway
Key battle in WWII in the Pacific that lasted from 6/3/1942 to 6/6/1942. It broke the back of the Japanese fleet.
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Dwight Eisenhower
General in WWII and future president of the U.S.
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Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle spearheaded the French Resistance during WWII
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Normandy Invasion
The bloody battle of Normandy launched the Allies' liberation of northern France.
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Battle of the Bulge
Key battle in WWII, 12/16/1944 to 1/25/1945. It was the Nazi's last great offensive in the West.
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Harry Truman
Harry Truman became president when Roosevelt died.
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V-E Day Victory in Europe
The Germans surrendered, bringing the war in Europe to a close.
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Hiroshima Bombing
First use of an atomic bomb in a war.
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Nagasaki Bombing
The most recent use of an atomic bomb in a war.
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V-J Day Japan Surrenders
The Japanese surrendered to General MacArthur aboard the USS Missouri.
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United Nations established
The United Nations replaced the failed League of Nations. Established by Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin at Yalta.
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ENIAC computer
ENIAC was the first programmable general-purpose computer.
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Transistor
Invention of the transistor.
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Assassination of Gandhi
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Israel Becomes a Nation
Israel declared itself a nation. The U.S. was the first country to recognize its status.
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NATO Established
Twelve Western nations established the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1948 to oppose the Soviet Union (Shoppa, 2021, p. 75).
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People's Republic of China formed
Mao Zedong established the People's Republic of China.
(Photo: Britannica, 2024, Photo of Mao Zedong)