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WWII
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Germany invades Poland
The event that signifies the beginning of World War 2 -
Winston Churchill becomes prime minister of Britain
He is called to replace Neville Chamberlain -
Germany attacks France
Germany attacking France only lasted 6 weeks -
Stalin attacks Finland
The Soviets were nervous about how close the Finnish border was to Leningrad -
Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain was the first major failure of the Germans in World War II -
Lend-Lease Act
Roosevelt wished to provide Britain with all possible aid short of war -
Hitler takes over the Balkans
Hitler wanted to get British out of the Balkans -
Holocaust
Extermination of jews in WWII -
German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union
Lightning War -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Japan bombs a US naval base at pearl harbor in Hawaii -
Formation of the U.N.
Purpose is to create peace -
Battle of El Alamein
One of the decisive victories of World War Two -
Battle of Midway
Represents the strategic high water mark of Japan's Pacific Ocean war -
Guadalcanal
Took the Americans six months to defeat the Japanese -
Japanese internment camps
USA way to keep Japanese-Americans on watch at all times -
Battle of Stalingrad
Turning point in WWII in Europe -
Tehran Conference
Franklin Ross. , Stalin, and Churchill planned to discuss D-Day -
D-Day
The Normandy Invasion -
Yalta Conference
Meeting to plan the final defeat and occupation of Nazi Germany -
F.D.R’s death
Dies by stroke -
Mussolini’s assassination
He was hung in the street for evryone to see -
Hitler’s suicide
Commits suicide by swallowing a cyanide capsule and shooting himself in the head -
Potsdam Conference
Discussed the procedures of the peace settlements in Europe -
Atomic bomb on Hiroshima & Nagasaki
United States used a massive, atomic weapon against Hiroshima, Japan -
McArthur’s plan for Japan
Island Hopping -
Nuremburg Trials
Trials of Nazis involved in crimes committed during the Holocaust -
Marshall Plan
Aid to Europe from the USA for damages -
Cold War
The Cold War was to dominate international affairs for decades and many major crises occurred -
Berlin Airlift
Allies decided to take the unprecedented step of supplying West Berlin from the air -
Berlin Wall
The Soviets under Gorbachev came to believe that the countries of Eastern Europe should be allowed to decide their own destinies and they thought that they would do this within a socialist framework -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world ever came to nuclear war
