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Death camps
where most jews were sent, put to work and the killed. -
Nuremburg Laws
Antisemetic laws in Nazi Germany -
Munich Conference
agreement that permited nazi Germany to annex Czechslovakias area near Germany -
Krystalnacht
Pogrom against Jews throughout Nazi Germany and parts of Austria -
German invasion of Poland
Polish army was defeated within weeks of the invasion. -
pearl harbor
was a suprise attack by japan. -
phillippines
japanese invaded the phillippines -
wake island
820 japanese were killed. -
coral sea
opperational and strategic defeat for the japanese -
midway
considered the decisive battle of the war in the pacific -
Guadalcanal
by the end 31,000 japanese were killed. -
Bataan death march
people were forced to walk. many people died on the march. -
Stalingrad
major battle of ww2 nazi Germany fought the soviet union for stalingrad. -
invasuion of north africa
US and Uk launched operation -
Wannsee Conference
Meeting of senior officials of the Nazi German regimine -
Tarawa
978 americans killed. 2,188 wounded -
Tehran conference
Held in Soviet Embassy in Tehran, Iran -
invasion of italy
an allied landing on italys main land -
sicily invasion
major ww2 campaign. -
D-Day
tens of thousands of well trained American, British, Canadian forces stormed the beaches of normandy -
Battle of the Budgle
Major German offensive launched through the densely forested Addrenes region. -
Iwo jima
21,844 japanese were killed. -
Okinawa
95,000+ japanese were killed -
VJ day
the day that japan surrendered -
Nagasaki
the U.S drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki. -
Hiroshima
U.S drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima. -
Fire bombing
assault by B-42 bombers. dropping fire bombs on tokyo. -
Enola gay
Dropped the worlds first atomic bomb. Dropped it on hiroshima. -
Yalta Conference
WWII meeting of the heads of government of the United States, UK, and Soviet Union -
Death of FDR
He built a New Deal coalition that realined American politics after 1932 -
VE day
when allies excepted the surrender of nazi Germany.