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Battle of Britain
Hitler in charge, directed preparation, and if needed, the execution of the plan to invade Great Britain. -
Germany invades Poland
Polish is defeated, they surrendered Sep. 27, 1939. Also declared war on Germany and lost. -
Germany attacks France
Apart of the plan to win the war. -
Winston Churchill becomes prime minister of Britian
Known for military leadership, appointed prime minister in Chameberlin's place. -
Lend-Lease Act
Principal means for providing US military aid to foreign nations during WWII. -
Hitler takes over the Balkans
Took over cause he wanted to expand amount of area for his invasion of USSR. -
Blitzkrieg
Lightning War -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Japanese tired of U.S. and wanted to expand asia but U.S. would not let them. They launched a surprise attack (bombing) instead of giving demands to U.S. -
Holocaust
Killing of 1 million Jews by Hitler. -
Japanese internment camps
Roosevelt signed order to replace japanese homes to internment camps -
Battle of Midway
Turning point of civil war. -
Battle of El Alamein
Erwin Rommel brought to fight for North Africa. -
Batlle of Stalingrad
Successful soviet defense of stalingrad stopped German advance to Soviet Union . -
Guadacananl
U.S. invades to keep allies safe from Japanese invasion. -
Tehran Conference
Held to strengthen cooperation of U.S., G.B., and USSR in WWII. -
D-Day
Invasion of Normandy by Allies. -
Yalta Conference
Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin dicussed conditions of Soviet Uniion planned occupation of postwar Germany. -
F.D.R's Death
Died in Warm Springs because he had polio and had an Aneurysm -
Mussolini's Assassination
Him and his wife are shot by Italian partisans who attempted Switzerland. -
Hitler's Suicide
Found out mussolini died and was worried about falling into hands of enemies, he killed himself. -
Stalin attacks Finland
Attacked to regain Russian possessions and secure borders. -
Potsdam Conference
Allies met to clarify agreements previously reached at Yalta Conference -
Atomic bomb on Hiroshima & Nagasaki
U.S. bombed both Hiroshima and Nagasaki because Japan bombed the Pearl Harbor -
McArthur's plan for Japan
Rebuild country and formation of government and help draft new constitution -
Formation of U.N.
Plan to create international organization that focused on world peace described in charter of U.N. -
Nuremburg Trials
Held to bring Nazi way criminals to justice; series of 13 trials carried out in Nuremburg. -
Cold War
Conflict between communist and non-communist countries -
Marshall Plan
Economic recovery for European people. Recovery program for Europe. -
Berlin Airlift
U.S. sends food, water, and medicine to the citizens of the besieged city. -
Berlin Wall
Barrier constructed by German democratic republic, cut off west Berlin from surrounding east Germany and from east Berlin, -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Soviet Union placed missiles in cuba to blow up U.S. cause U.S. tried to blow them up.
