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Munich Pact
a settlement that allowed Nazi Germany's annexation of Czechoslovakia's areas that mainly had Germans living in it. It's looked at as a failed try to appease Germany. The purpose of this conference was to discuss the future of these lands that were called Sudetenland because of the territorial demands of Hitler. -
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
a non-aggression pact signed in Moscow: 23 August 1939: The Pact assured that the Soviet Union would not get involved in a European War. It also separated Germany and Japan from forming a military alliance, which allowed Stalin to concentrate on Japan in the battles of Khalkhin Gol. The pact was in effect until Germany invaded the Soviet Union. -
Battle of Britain
It was a air battle for Great Britain. During the second war world the German Air Force battled against Great Britain through their air technology. It happened in 1940. The main objective of the battle was to get air superiority over the Royal Air Force.
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Pearl Harbor attack
a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the US naval base at Pearl Harbor. December 7, 1941. The purpose of the attack was to prevent the US Pacific Fleet from interfering with military actions Japan was planning in Southeast Asia against overseas territories. This was a direct cause to the US entering the second world war. -
Battle of Stalingrad
a battle in world war two in which Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of Stalingrad, which was part of the Soviet Union. August 23, 1942. It was a constant close quarters combat and it was one of the bloodiest battles. -
D-DAY
D-Day was the first day of the landing operations of the Allied invasion Normandy. On D-Day Allied Troops landed on the French coastline to fight Germany on the beaches of Normandy. The Allies ended up gaining a hold in Normandy. There were thousands of causalities on the Allied side. Allied soldiers then marched across Europe to defeat Hitler. -
Battle of the Bulge:
16 December 1944: a German offensive launched through the Ardennes mountain region of Wallonia in Belgium and France and Luxemburg on the Western Fronts closer to the end of the war. The result of this battle was victory for the Allies and German operational failure. -
Yalta Conference
February 4, 1945: World War II meeting of the main representatives of the US, Britain, and the Soviet Union --> Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin. The purpose of this conference was to discuss Europe's power war reorganization. -
V-E Day
(Victory in Europe Day): a holiday celebrate on May 7, 1945 to celebrate World War II Allies accepting the uncondintional surrender of the armed forces of Nazi Germany and the end of Hitler's Third Reich, and officially ending the war in Europe. -
Potsdam Conference
Conference held at the home of Crown Prince Wilhelm Hohenzollern in Potsdam, occupied Germany. Participants were the Soviet Union, England, and the US. The people were Stalin, Churchill, and Truman. They gathered and decided how to administer punishment to the defeated Nazi Germany, which agreed to unconditional surrender. The goal of the conference was to establish post war peace, peace treaties, etc. -
Nurmeburg Trials
military court of justice held by the Allied Forces to prosecute the main members of the political, military, and economic leadership of Nazi Germany. The trials themselves were held in Germany at the Palace of Justice. The first of these trials was called the Trial of the Major War Criminals. The indictments were for participating in a conspiracy for the crime against peace, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and planning, initiating, or waging wars of aggression and other crimes against peac
