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Germany invades Poland
Germany invades Poland and was able to occupy it. -
Stalin attacks Finland
Stalin attacks Finland for fear that Hitler will attack the Soviet Union through Finland. -
Winston Churchill becomes prime minister of Britain
Winston Churchill becomes prime minister of Britain during the war. -
Battle of Britain
It was where the Luftwaffe, German air force, invaded Great Britain and bombed it. Geat Britain was able to defend itself and won the battle. -
Germany attacks France
Germans attacks France. -
Lend-Lease Act
It was the principal means for providing U.S. military aid to foreign nations during World War II. -
Hitler takes over the Balkans
Hitler blitzed the Balkans. -
German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union
Germany invades Soviet Union but they faied the attack. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
The Japanese launched a surprise attack on a U.S. Navel Base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. -
Formation of the U.N.
The United Nations was formed. -
Holocaust
The mass-genocide of the Jewish people. -
Japanese Internment Camps
President Roosevelt signed an order to send any Japanese people in America to concentration camps. -
Hitler’s suicide
Hitler killed himself using a cyanide capsule. -
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was when the Americans destroyed four of Japan's aircraft carriers. -
Battle of El Alamein
The battle which decided who was going to occupy North Africa. -
Battle of Stalingrad
It was a major battle in World War II where Germany fought the Soviet Union for control of Stalingrad. -
Guadalcanal
U.S. troops landed on Guadalcanal so North Australian supply routes would not be affected. -
Nuremburg Trials
The Nuremberg trials were trials held in Nuremberg, Germany, for the purpose of bringing Nazi war criminals to justice. -
Tehran Conference
In Tehran, Iran, the three leaders, Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt, coordinated their military strategy against Germany and Japan and made a number of important decisions concerning the post World War II era. -
D-Day
The invasion of Normandy, France. -
Yalta Conference
A major World War II conference of the three chief Allied leaders, President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the United States, Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Great Britain, and Premier Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union, which met at Yalta in the Crimea to plan the final defeat and occupation of Nazi Germany. -
F.D.R’s death
President Franklin D. Roosevelt died from a massive cerebral hemorrhage while sitting for a portrait. -
Mussolini’s assassination
Mussolini was assassinated. -
Potsdam Conference
The Big Three, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and U.S. President Harry Truman--met in Potsdam, Germany to negotiate terms for the end of World War II. -
McArthur’s plan for Japan
McArthur's plan was the islandhopping campaign. -
Atomic bomb on Hiroshima
The bomb that ended WW2 was dropped on Hiroshima. -
Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
The bomb that ended the war was dropped on Nagasaki. -
Marshall Plan
It was a American program to help Europe's economical recovery. -
Cold War
It was like an arms race between Soviet Union and the U.S. -
Berlin Airlift
The delivery of 2.3 million tons of food and other goods to Soviet-blockaded West Berlin. -
Berlin Wall
A wall constructed to separate democratic and communist Germany. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
It was where the U.S. and the Soviet Union was on the brink of a nuclear war because the Soviets stored nukes in Cuba.
