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Nazi Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics -
Munich Agreement
Germany and Britain had agreed to extend their territory into parts of Czechoslovakia -
Manhattan Project
The development and the explore of research on Nuclear weapons -
Cash-and-Carry
U.S. Congress passes this policy to help sell weapons to other countries during the war -
Poland was invaded
Hitler made an excuse to attack & invade Poland because supposedly Poland attacked them first -
France & GB declare war on Germany
After Hitler invaded Poland, France and GB declared war on Germany -
Selective Service Act
U.S. Congress passes the Selective Service Act and calls it the first peacetime draft in U.S. History -
Lend-Lease Act
United States delivers arms to GB -
Invasion of the Soviet Union
Hitler broke the non-aggression pact with Stalin and sent forces into the Soviet Union -
Pearl Harbor
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, a naval base in Honolulu (Hawaii) which led to the U.S. entry in WWII -
Battle of the Coral Sea
U.S. stopped the Japanese attack by sending two Aircraft carriers -
Guadalcanal
Battle between the U.S. and Japan was to win control over territory in the Solomon Islands, & U.S. won -
Battle of Midway
U.S. destroys four Japanese aircraft carriers -
D-Day
Allied Forces invade Normandy, France. Known as the largest seaborne invasion -
Battle of the Bulge
Germany's biggest surprise attack on Allied battle lines. 19,000 Americans were killed -
Battle of IwoJima
Americans captured Mount Suribachi -
Battle of Okinawa
Americans gained control on the island of Okinawa -
Hitler's Death
Hitler committed suicide in a Berlin Bunker -
V-E Day
Germany agrees to surrender after Hitlers Death -
Atomic Bombs
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
