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Treaty of Versailles
A negotiation between the allied powers where they decided that Germany was to pay reparations -
League of Nations
Was an idea of Woodrow Wilson where the allied powers wold come together and try to come up with a way to prevent wars but was all bark and no bite. -
Holocaust
A period of genocide in which Hitler's Nazi army murdered millions of Jews -
Beginning of WWII
Poland and other countries are invaded, thus beginning the second World War -
Britain and France declare war on Germany
This was a response to Hitler's invasion of Poland, Britain, and France. -
Blitzkrieg
Hitler's method of war in where he strikes fast which is why it is also known as " lightening war". -
Battle of Britain
A combat between Hitler and Britain in which the royal air force defended Britain against the bombing -
British attack Italians
Allies launched into battle against the Italians in Africa -
Invasion of Russia
Operation "Barbarossa," Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union as the largest German military operation of World War II. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Japan drops bombs on Hawaii -
Britain declare war on Japan
As the America's Pacific fleet lays in ruins at Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt requests, receives, and declares war on Japan -
Battle of the Bulge
Last major German offensive campaign of World War ll -
Bataan March
Forceful transfer of the Filipinos or prisoners of war by the Japanese -
Battle of Midway
Naval battle between the US and Japan in which the US defeated an attacking fleet -
D-Day
The day the allied forces invaded Northern France on beach landings -
Creation of Internment camps
The US created these camps and forced the Japanese into them, under the suspicion that they were spies -
Death of Franklin Roosevelt
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German forces surrender
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Victory Day in Europe
On May 8th in 1945 German troops surrendered and called a cease-fire and laid down their arms. It was a victory for Europe, no more Nazis. -
Hiroshima
The first ever atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima
