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Decree
Nazis issue a Decree defining a non-Aryan as "anyone descended from non-Aryan, especially Jewish, parents or grandparents. One parent or grandparent classifies the descendant as non-Aryan...especially if one parent or grandparent was of the Jewish faith.
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Nazi Party
Nazi Party is declared the only legal party in Germany; Also, Nazis pass Law to strip Jewish immigrants from Poland of their German citizenship.
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Olympic Games Begin
Olympic games begin in Berlin. Hitler and top Nazis seek to gain legitimacy through favorable public opinion from foreign visitors and thus temporarily refrain from actions against Jews.
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Nazi Arrests
Nazis arrest 17,000 Jews of Polish nationality living in Germany, then expel them back to Poland which refuses them entry, leaving them in 'No-Man's Land' near the Polish border for several months.
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Ribbentrop/ Molotov Pact
Non-aggression pact signed by the Soviet Union and Germany in 1939. It allowed for Hitler to invade western Poland and Stalin to take eastern Poland without the two sides fighting a war.
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Blitzkrieg
German style of attacking meaning 'lightning war'. The quick atacks helped to overrun Poland, Denmark, Norway, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, and France in a matter of months.
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Battle of Britain (the blitz)
Significant German air attack against England, particuarly the city of London, resulting in tens of thousands of British deaths.
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Operation Barbarossa
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German Attacks
Naxi Germany and its Axis partners (except Bulgaria) invade the Soviet Union. The Germans quickly overrun the Baltic States and, joined by the Finss, lay siege to leningrad (St. Peterburg) by Sptember. In the Center, the Germans capture Smolensk in early August and drive on Moscow by October.
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Test Use
First test use of Zyklon-B gas at Auschwit. they gathered many jewish germans and put them in an enclosed area. they then gased them and this was the first time they ever used this type of gas.
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Wannsee Conference
1942 Nazi meeting that settled th "Jewish question" by making genocide official German policy.
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Battle of Stalingrad
Most significent battle in the Soviet Union, where German forces surrounded the city and bombarded the city. The Russians withstood the attack and eventually pushed the Germans back.
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Operation Gomorrah
1943 Allied bombing run that including the German city of Hamburg and destroyed most of the people and killed tens of thousands of German citizens.
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D-Day
The Normandy landings, codenamed Operation Neptune, were the landing operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy, in Operation Overlord, during World War II. The landings commenced on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 (D-Day), beginning at 6:30 am British Double Summer Time (GMT+2)
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Battle of the Bulge
The last German offensive of WWII, resulting in the retreat of German forces toward Germany.
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Operation Thunderclap
Allied bombing run over the German city of Dresden that killed over 60,000 civilians.Holocaust Encyclopedia. COPYRIGHT © UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM,
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Operation Meetinghouse
1945 American bombing of Tokyo, cultimating in the firebombing on March 9-10 that killed over 80,000 Japenese civilians.
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V-E Day
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V-J Day
The Amercain victory in Japan.name chosen for the day on which Japan surrendered, effectively ending World War II, and subsequent anniversaries of that event. The term has been applied to both of the days on which the initial announcement of Japan's surrender was made
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Nuremburg Trials
Nuremburg Trials of Major survivng leaders of Nazi Germany, for war crimes against humanity. Holocaust evidence presented in detail as one part of the trial
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