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Potsdam conference
-Lasted until August 2nd
-Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States-Reps: Stalin, Churchill, and Truman. -Discussed how they were going to punish Nazi Germany -Also discussed post-war order and peace treaties issue -
Munich Pact
Daldier amd Chamberlain turned Sudetenland over to Germany without a fight -
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pac
Treaty of Non-Aggression betweenGermany and the Soviet Union -
Cash and Carry
-Allowed for ally nations to purchase US suppliesif they paid with cash and used own ships. -
Battle of Britain
***SUMMER OF 1940
Germans attack coast of France and try destroying britains royal airforce. The Germans wanted total control in the air -
Lend Lease Act
-President Roosevelt would lend or lease any suppliesto any country whose defense was important to the US. -
Pearl Harbor
-180 Japanese warplanes bombed the larges US naval base in the Pacific.
-Brought the US into war-Japan wanted a hold of east Asia, but USIslands stood in the way
-war over oil -
Battle of Stalingrad
-Important because it was a major industrial city-January 31, 1942 German commander surrendered -Turning point in war, and Soviet moved toward Germany. -
D-Day
-Under Eisenhower -Free Western Europe from Germany -Allies attack Normand, Northern France-Phantom army to trick Germany -
Battle of the Bulge
-Americans captured German town, Aachen October 1944
-Hitler wanted to break up suppl lines between American and Britain-Drove tanks to divide the supply lines"-Lost so much men and supplies the could not replace in the long run -
Yalta Conference
-Ended the 11th
-Heads of government (US, Great Britain, Soviet Union) The big three-Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin -Re-establish nations of war-ruined nations in Europe -Stalin also agreed to participate in the war against Japan. -The United Nations -
V-E Day
-Victory in Europe Day
--Hitler and wife killed themselves-War was over -
Nuremberg Trials
-Allies put 24 surviving Nazi leaders on trial for humanity, war, and peace crimes.-Ministers, military leaders, industrialists, and party leaders were tried.-12 were sentenced to death, others send to prison. -Now, military leaders or participants are in charge of their actions..not a leaders.