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Germany invades Poland
Polish defeated. -
Stalin attacks Finland
Finland gives up. -
Battle of France
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Winston Churchill becomes prime minister of Britain.
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Battle of Britain
Series of air battles between Great Britain and Germany. -
Hitler takes over the Balkans
Expanded area for to make easier to transfer supplies across USSR. -
Lend-Lease Act
Means for providing U.S. military aid to foreign nations during World War II. -
German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union
Germans failed; Soviet was too strong. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor. -
Formation of the U.N.
Formation of the U.N. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Aftermath caused tons of deaths and destruction in Stalingrad. -
Battle of Midway
US destroyed Japan’s 4 naval aircraft carriers. -
Battle of El Alamein
Turning point of the Western Desert. -
Guadalcanal
The US wanted to stop the Japanese from making the airbase there. -
Japanese internment camps
Americans make Japanese internment camps. -
Tehran Conference
Discuss D-Day, war strategy, and defeating Japan. -
D-Day
The bloodiest water-land invasion. -
Yalta Conference
Meeting of the heads of government discussing Europe's post-war reorganization. -
F.D.R’s death
Died of cerebral hemorrhage. -
Mussolini’s assassination
To protect compromising letters. -
Hitler’s suicide
Because of his death being close, he killed himself. -
Potsdam Conference
Discussed post-war arrangements in Europe -
McArthur’s plan for Japan
Japan recovers from the war. -
Atomic bomb on Hiroshima & Nagasaki
U.S bombs Hiroshima in response to Pearl Harbor. -
Holocaust
Time where Hitler took control over jews and broke them. -
Nuremburg Trials
Series of military trials for bringing down Nazi criminals. -
Marshall Plan
