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Kristallnacht
Storm Troopers attacked Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues -
Nazi-Soviet Non-Agression Pact
Joseph Stalin, soviet dictator, signed a 10 year pact with Hitler after being excluded from the Munich Conference -
Germany's Invasion of Poland
Germany sropped bombs on Warsaw (the capital) and unleashed WWII -
Dunkirk
Allies escaped to beaches of Dunkirk to try to get away from the Germans -
Fall of France
Germany invaded France successfully -
Battle of Britain
Htiler decdied to call off his hattacks because he was turned by British resistance -
The Atlantic Charter
Declaration that upheld free trade among nations and the right of people to choose their own goverment -
Pearl Harbor
The Japanese attacked the U.S. fleet in Hawaii -
Battle of Coral Sea
Allies turn back Japanese fleet -
Battle of Midway
Japanese attacked Midway Island but American forces destroyed Japanese, “the Americans had avenged Pearl Harbor” -
The Battle of Stalingrad
Luftwaffe went on nightly bombing raids. Germans eventually surrendered to Soviets. -
Operation Torch
Allies force- mostly Americans- landed in Morocco and Algeria. Desert Fox’s Afrika Korps was finally smashed. -
D-Day
British, American, French, and Canadian troops attacked Germans on a 60-mile stretch of beach in Normandy. -
Battle of the Bulge
Germans surprised attecked Allies but Germans failed. -
Battle of Iwo Hima
American Marines took Iwa Jima and the bloodiest land battle of the war took place. Japanese put up a desperate fight before being defeated. -
V-E Day
Victory in Europe day. The wae had ended in Europe. General Eisenhower accepted the unconditional surrender of the Third Reich from the Germany military. -
Hiroshima
Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima after President Truman warned the Japanese unless they surrendered, they would expect a "rain of ruin" from the air. -
Nagaskaki
A second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, 3 days after Hiroshima. -
VJ Day
Japanese surrendered and the war ended -
Nuremberg Trials
Allies put Nazi war criminals on trial to make sure Holocaust crimes would never happen again.
