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Anschluss of Austria
Union of Austria and Germany -
Munich Conference
British and French leaders convinced the Czechs to give up Sudentenland to apease 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 Beligum. -
Operation Sea Lion
Hitler invades Britain. -
Operation Barbarossa
Hitler breaks the Nazi-Soviet Pact and invades Soviet Union to take over their vast natural resources. -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese airplanes bombed the American fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, killing 2400 people. It's the reason why American entered WW2. -
Island Hopping Campaign
A goal of the US to defeat the Japanese one island at a time and allowed them to move north. -
"Big 3"
FDR, Churchill, and Stalin meet and decided to fight the war in Europe and then in the Pacific. (Japansese) -
Yalta Conference
Big 3 agreed that the Soviet Union would enter the war against Japan within three months of Germany's surrender. -
D-Day
US invades France to defeat the Germans. -
United Nations
Countries formed a world organization to play a greater role in world affairs. -
V-E Day
The war ended. Victory in Europe. -
Manhattan Project
A code for the A-Bomb. -
A-bomb on Hiroshima
Japan refuses to surrenders the second time and the US drops the A-bomb on Hiroshima. -
A-bomb on Nagaskai
The US drops the A-bomb on Nagasaki. -
Truman Doctrine
US policy of trying to contain the spread of communism. -
Marshall Plan
To strength democratic governments, the US offered a massive aid package or money to help countries rebuild. -
Divison of Germany
The Soviet's were angry because the Western Allies help rebuild West Germany's economy, The Soviet Union controlled East Germany. -
NATO
Countries pledged to help one another if anyone of them were attacked. -
Warsaw Pact
Mutual-defense alliance between the Soviet Union and seven satellites in Eastern Europe.
