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Sitzkrieg
little to no active warfare -
Manhattan Project Begins
secret military project to produce a nuclear weapon -
Nazi Germany Invades Poland
Germany launched full-scale invasion of Poland, France and Great Britain declared war -
Blitzkrieg
"Lightning war" -- German strategy, overwhelming air power and fast-moving tanks -
America First Committee
group of isolationists that urged against involvement -
Battle of Britain
German air campaign against the UK -
France Fell to Germany
France surrenders after less than a week of German attacks -
Selective Service Act
instituted military draft -
Destroyers-for-Bases
Roosevelt traded US destroyers for rights to build bases in British Carribean -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese bombed American ships in Hawaii -
USS Kearny
US warship torpedoed by German warboat -
Reuben James
another US warship sunk by German U-boats -
Four Freedoms
speech, religion, freedom from want and fear used to defend supporting Britain while still "neutral" -
Lend-Lease Act
allowed Britain to obtain US arms on credit -- "like lending neighbor a hose to put out a fire" -
Battle of Coral Sea
naval battle between Japanese navy and US/Aus navy and air force -
Bataan Death March
forced march of US and Filipino POWs by Japanese army -
Battle of Bataan
most intense part of Japanese invasion of the Philippines in WWII -
Battle of Midway
naval battle in the pacific theater 6 months after Pearl Harbor, 1 month after Coral Sea -
Island Hopping Campaign
military strategy employed by Allied powers in the pacific -
Battle of Stalingrad
Axis powers fought for control of Russian city of Stalingrad -
Battle of El Alamein
fought in the deserts of north Africa, allied victory -
Casablanca Conference
conference between major Allied powers to plan strategy for next phase of war -
Tehran Conference
strategy meeting between big three after Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran -
MacArthur Returns to Philippines
fulfills promise to return after having to flee in 1942 -
D-Day
Allied invasion of Normandy, France -
FDR Elected to Fourth Term
first and only time a president has served for 4 terms -
Battle of the Bulge
last major German offensive on western front -
FDR dies, Truman becomes President
FDR dies 82 days into fourth term, VP Truman takes over -
Nuremberg Trials
Nazis tried for crimes against humanity after the war -
Yalta Conference
big three meet to discuss consequences for Germany and post-war Europe -
Fat Man Dropped on Nagasaki
A-Bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan -
Battle of Iwo Jima
US marine corps captured island of Iwo Jima -
VJ Day
Japan surrenders, ending the war -
Potsdam Conference
conference between allies concerning military occupation and reconstruction of Germany, its borders, etc etc -
Battle of Okinawa
major pacific battle between US and Japan fought on island of Okinawa -
Little Boy Dropped on Hiroshima
A-Bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan -
VE Day
Allies formally accept Germany's surrender -
Japanese War Crime Trials
tried leaders of Empirical Japan for war crimes
