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ancshlusch of austria
union of austria to Germany orchestrated by Hitler. -
Munich conference
convinced the Czechs to give up sudentenland to appease hitler. -
nazi soviet pact
an agreement betweeb hitler and stalin to keep peace -
blitzkreig
hitler order lightening war -
operation sea lion
on August, Germany began bombing englands southern coast, which lead to a month of england battling German air forces -
operation barbarosa
plan of Hitler to invade britain -
pearl harbor
suprise attack on pearl harbor in which japanese planes attacked the u.s naval base. -
Island hopping
a goal of the U.S to defeat the japanese one island at a time and allowed them to move north -
The big three
Franklin D. rosavelt, winston churchill and joseph stalin -
Yalta conference
when the "big three" made important decisions regarding the future progress of the war and the postwar world. -
D- Day
U.S invading France to defeat the Germans -
united nations
made to promote international cooperation -
manhatened project
coded name for a bomb -
truman docterine
provide military and economic aid to Greece and Turkey and, by extension, to any country threatened by Communism -
marshall plan
economic aid for the reconstruction of post-World War II Europe -
division of Germany
Germany divided into four zones under the control of the United States, Britain, France and the former Soviet Union. -
nato
comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression. -
warsaw pact
a collective defense treaty among eight communist states of Central and Eastern Europe in existence during the Cold War.
