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Germany invades Poland
Germany defeated Poland with the aid of Prussia on the other side -
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WWII
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Stalin attacks Finland
the soviet possessed 3 times as many soldiers, 30 times more aircrafts, and 100 times more tanks -
Germany attacks France
successful German invasion of France. later, Hitler controls mostly northern France and a fake government is set up in the south. -
Winston Churchill becomes prime minister of Britain
Churchill became Prime Minister after the resignation of Chamberlain -
Battle of Britain during World War II
successful defense of Great Britain against destructive air raids conducted by the Luftwaffe -
Lend-Lease act
a law that started a program under which the United States of America supplied the United Kingdom, the USSR, Republic of China, Free France, and other Allied nations with materiel between 1941 and 1945 -
Hitler takes over the Balkans
Germany obtained vital oil and food supplies from the Balkan countries -
Holocaust
the mass murder of approximately six million Jews -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
a surprise military strike by Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii -
Japanese internment camps
japanese americans were held in camps cause they were thought of as a threat -
Battle of Midway
was the most important naval battle of the pacific campaign. U.S defeated the Japanese -
Battle of Stalingrad
successful Soviet defense It stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union and marked the turning of the tide of war in favour of the Allies. -
Guadalcanal
a military campaign fought around the island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific theatre. It was the first major offensive by Allied forces against Japan. -
German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union
using tanks and all of the methods of attack repeatidly against Russia so they had no time to recover. overall, failed after 5 months of fighting -
Battle of El Alamein
The tide turned in the Allies' favour at the Second Battle of El Alamein -
Tehran Conference
meeting held between Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill to decide whether to open a second front or not. -
D-Day
160,000 Allied troops landed along a fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. -
Yalta Conference
President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the United States, Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Great Britain, and Premier Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union final defeat and occupation of Nazi Germany -
F.D.R’s death
able to create a massive coalition of supporters that sustained the Democratic Party for decades after his death -
Mussolini's assassination
Mussolini attempted to escape Italy but was later caught and hung, beaten, and shot along with his wife -
Hitler’s suicide
he had destroyed most of what was left of old Europe -
Potsdam Conference
discussed the procedures of the peace settlements in Europe -
McArthur’s plan for Japan
MacArthur helped Japan rebuild itself, institute democratic government, and chart a new course that ultimately made Japan one of the world's leading industrial powers -
Atomic bomb on Hiroshima & Nagasaki
the United States called for a surrender of Japan in the Potsdam Declaration on 26 July 1945, threatening Japan with "prompt and utter destruction". But the Japanese ignored the request. -
Formation of the U.N.
save succeeding generations from the scourge of war -
Nuremberg
Held for the purpose of bringing Nazi war criminals to justice -
Marshall Plan
the American program to aid Europe, in which the United States gave economic support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II in order to prevent the spread of Communism
