World History 2nd hour

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    WW2

  • Nuremburg Laws

    These laws excluded German Jews from Reich citizenship and prohibited them from marrying or having sexual relations with people of " German or related blood".
  • Kristallnacht

    "Night of Crystal" reffered to "Night of broken glass". Thousands of synagogues and Jewish buisnesses and homes weere damaged or destroyed.
  • St.Louis Affair

    937 passengers and almost all were Jews fleeing from the third Reich.
  • Munich Conference

    The high point of the Western appeasement of Hitler.
  • German Invasion of Poland

    Treaty gave Hitler freedom to attack Poland.
  • German Invasion of France

    This would stop France from occupying them first.
  • Dunkirk

    Contrary to popular belief, what became known as "The Halt Order" did not originate with Adolf Hitler.
  • Invasion of North Africa

    Used as a jumping off point for invading Italy.
  • Death Camps

    Chelmno became the first built death camp to exterminate Jews and Gypsies.
  • Pearl Harbor

    Japan had taken notice of these islands as a potential threat to their expansion in the Pacific.
  • Wake Island

    They were all taken to one side of the Island and shot with machine guns.
  • Wannsee Conference

    "Final Solution" where Nazi's would attempt to exterminate the entire Jewish population of Europe.
  • Coral Sea

    Major naval Battle in Pacific theater.
  • Stalingrad

    The German army's greatest defeat.
  • Midway

    Japenese could eliminate any future American threat in the central Pacific.
  • Guadalcanal

    Military campaign, denying their use by the Japenese to threaten the supply and communication.
  • Bataan Death March

    Held out in the jungles of Bataan for three months and were clearly starving and suffering from diseases.
  • Tarawa

    Occupied by Japanese, United States suffered heavy losses from Japanese soldiers.
  • Tehran Conference

    A meeting between Allied leaders to discuss strategies.
  • Invasion of Italy

    2,009 people were killed, 7,050 wounded, and 3,501 missing.
  • Sicily Invasion

    This invasion lasted for thirty-eight days.
  • Fall of Rome

    After the fall, 113 allied forces were pulled out of Italy.
  • Battle of the Bulge

    A key engagement of World War two.
  • D-Day

    One of the largest military assults in histiry and required extensive planning,
  • Phillipines

    American attack forced the Japenese to move their fleet to Singapore.
  • Iwo Jima

    Also called "Operation Detatchment".
  • Yalta Conference

    When they had the conference, their decisions changed the course of history.
  • Death of FDR

    He helped the American people.
  • Nagasaki

    Last major act on World War two.
  • Hiroshima

    First city ever targeted to be bombed by an atomic weapon.
  • Trinity Test

    The first Atomic test that took place.
  • Firebombing of Tokyo

    dropping 2,000 tons of incendiary bombs on Tokyo over the course of 48 hours
  • Enola Gay

    Dropped the world's first atomic plane on Hiroshima and became World War two's most famous airplane.
  • VE Day

    Western allis crossed the Rhine after smashing through the Sigfried Line.
  • Potsdam Conference

    Many experts agreed that the harsh reparations imposed by the versailles treaty had handicapped the German's economy and fuled the rise of Nazis.
  • Okinawa

    Distinguished among battles, the landing would be reffered to as "L-Day" or "Love Day".
  • VJ-Day

    Surendered to the Allies, effectively ending.