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Holocaust
six million European Jews were killed by Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany, and the World War II collaborators with the Nazis. -
Germany invades Poland
German forces bombard Poland on land and from the air, as Adolf Hitler seeks to regain lost territory and ultimately rule Poland -
Stalin attacks Finland
began with the Soviet invasion of Finland. league of Nations deemed the attack illegal and expelled the Soviet Union from the League -
germany attacks france
the German invasion of France and the Low Countries in 1940 during WW2 -
Winston Churchill becomes prime minister of Britain
Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, is called to replace Neville Chamberlain as British prime minister following the latter’s resignation after losing a confidence vote in the House of Commons -
Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain was a military campaign of the Second World War, when the Royal Air Force defended the United Kingdom against the German Air Force attacks -
hitler takes over the balkans
adolf Hitler gave the order for German forces - backed by Italian, Romanian, Hungarian and Bulgarian Axis allies to invade Yugoslavia and Greece. He launched the assault in order to secure Germany's Balkan flank for Operation Barbarossa, his planned spring 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union. -
Lend-Lease Act
Congress authorized the sale, lease, transfer, or exchange of arms and supplies to 'any country whose defense the president deems vital to the defense of the United States. -
Lend-Lease Act
Congress authorized the sale, lease, transfer, or exchange of arms and supplies to 'any country whose defense the president deems vital to the defense of the United States. -
germany blitzkreig on soviet union
Germany quickly overran much of Europe and was victorious for more than two years by relying on a new military tactic called the "Blitzkrieg" -
Bombing on Pearl Harbor
a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor -
formations of the U.N.
epresentatives of 26 nations at war with the Axis powers met in Washington to sign the Declaration of the United Nations -
japanese internment camps
he forced relocation and incarceration in camps in the western interior of the country of between 110,000 and 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry -
battle of midway
naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II. -
gaudalcanal
a military campaign fought between august 7 1942 and February 9 1943 on and around the island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific theater of World War II. It was the first major offensive by Allied forces against the Empire of Japan. -
battle of el alamein
took place near the Egyptian railway halt of El Alamein. With the Allies victorious, it marked the watershed of the Western Desert Campaign -
battle of stalingrad
major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia -
Marshall plan
was an American initiative to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave over $13 billion in economic support to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War II -
Tehran Conference
was a strategy meeting of Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill -
D- day
Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. The largest seaborne invasion in history -
Yalta Confrence
was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union for the purpose of discussing Europe's post-war reorganization. -
fdr's death
On the afternoon of April 12, Roosevelt said, "I have a terrific pain in the back of my head." He then slumped forward in his chair, unconscious, and was carried into his bedroom. -
Mussolini's assassination
executed by italian partisans in the small village of Giulino di Mezzegra in northern Italy. -
hitlers suicide
Adolf Hitler killed himself by gunshot -
Potsdam Conference
was the last of the World War II meetings held by the “Big Three” heads of state. Featuring American President Harry S. Truman, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin -
Atomic bombing of hiroshima and nagasaki
The United States, at the order of President Harry S. Truman, dropped nuclear weapons on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki -
McArthurs plan for japan
The Allied occupation of Japan at the end of World War II was led by General Douglas MacArthur -
nuremberg trials
a series of military tribunals, held by the Allied forces after World War II -
cold war
The Cold War was a state of tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc and powers in the Western Bloc -
Berlin airlift
British, and Soviet military forces divided and occupied Germany. Also divided into occupation zones, Berlin was located far inside Soviet-controlled eastern Germany. -
berlin wall
The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that divided Berlin -
cuban missile crisis
was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning American missile deployment in Italy and Turkey with consequent Soviet missile deployment in Cuba
