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Munich Pact
a settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of Czechoslovakia's areas along the country's borders (Sudetenland)... Czechoslovakia not invited to conference got them mad. -
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
Pact that Germany and Soviet Union would refrain from aggression against each other, remain neutral in case of war with other states, exchange information, and resolve disputes peacefully. The pact was to remain in force for 10 years. -
Battle of Britain
Air campaign between Germany and Britain. Objective of the campaign was to gain air superiority over the Royal Air Force. First majorr campaign fought by only air force -
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Battle of Britain
Air campaign between Germany and Britain. Objective of the campaign was to gain air superiority over the Royal Air Force. First majorr campaign fought by only air force. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Japanese suprise attack on Pearl Harbor. The attack was intended as a preventive action in order to keep the U.S. Pacific Fleet from interfering with military actions the Empire of Japan was planning in Southeast Asia. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Major and decisive battle in WWII. Big turning point. Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of Stalingrad which was in Soviet Union. One of the bloodiest battles in history. Stalingad was so important to Hitler because it was a major industrial city on the Volga river which was used for transport. It was also very important to the USSR because if Stalingrad had fallen, the Soviets would have lost the Volga River as a main supply route which had 75% of the oil USSR used -
D Day Invasion
Heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. General Dwight D. Eisenhower was in charge of US. Paratroopers went behind enemy lines at night while soldiers went in from the front. -
Battle of the Bulge
The battle of the bulge was basically the German's last stand. Hitler put everything he had into that battle. If he won, the German army may have pushed through the Allied lines, and the war would have lasted somewhat longer, though by this time, The german war machine was starting to fall apart anyway, and the soviets were advancing from the east. -
Yalta Conferance
WWII meeting of the heads of government of the U.S. (FDR), U.K (Winston Churchill), Soviet Union (Stalin). Conference was intended mainly to discuss the re-establishment of the nations of war-torn Europe. -
V.E. Day
Victory in Europe Day. Public holiday celebrated to mark the date when the allies accepted Nazi Germany surrender and the end of Hitler, thus ending WWII. -
Potsdam Conference
divide Germany and Austria into three (or four) zones of occupation, with all the powers of occupation represented in Berlin abd Vienna. (Plans for breaking up Germany were rejected).
That areas of Germany east of the Oder and Neisse Rivers were to be transferred to the USSR and Poland, and it was resolved that the German population should be deported.
That the leading suspected war criminals were to be tried at Nuremberg. -
Nuremberg Trials
Trials held in Nuremberg for the major prosecution of Nazi leaders.
