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Germany invades Poland
Hitler wanted more land to expand Germany. -
Stalin attacks Finland
Stalin failed. -
Winston Churchill becomes prime minister of Britain
He was the most dominant figure in British politics. -
Germany attacks France
France signs an armistice. -
Battle of Britian
Battle between Germans and Britians over Great Britian's air space. -
Lend-Lease Act
An act where the US supported its allies. -
Hitler takes over the Balkans
To expand the amount of area available for his invasion of the USSR -
German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union
German forces invaded the Soviet Union -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
It held the majority of naval forces. -
Formation of the U.N.
The United Nations was founded in response to the two World Wars. -
Holocaust
Mass murder of Jews in Germany by Hitler. -
Japanese internment camps
America's "Concentration" Camps for the Japanese. -
Battle of Midway
The most important naval battle of the Pacific Campaign. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of WWII in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control -
Guadalcanal
Japanese were surprised by the Allied defense. -
Battle of El Alamein
German general tried to attack the Allied defensive positions -
Tehran Conference
A conference between Allied leaders to discuss strategy. -
D-Day
WWII. Invasion on Normandy. -
Nuremburg Trials
Series of international criminal trials held after WWII -
Yalta Conference
WWII meeting between thre heads of state. -
F.D.R’s Death
He died of a brain hemorrage. -
Mussolini’s assassination
He was hung by his feet and beat to death with his mistress. -
Hitler’s suicide
Shot himself. -
Potsdam Conference
a conference where Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill made plans for the administration. -
Atomic bomb on Hiroshima & Nagasaki
it flattened their land and killed tons of civilians. -
McArthur’s plan for Japan
Plans to launch an attack on the Japanese power in the Pacific. -
Marshall Plan
The American program to aid Europe.
