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Holocaust
The killing of millions by the hand of the nazi's -
Germany invades Poland
The invasion of Poland by Germany that ultimately lead to the start of WW2 -
Stalin attacks Finland
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Winston Churchill becomes prime minister of Britain
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Battle of France
The invasion of France by the Germans that ultimately ended with the France being defeated -
Battle of Britain
The battle was a fight made by the British to defend themselves form the German Air force -
Hitler takes over the Balkans
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Lend-Lease Act
in which 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 -
Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor -
German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union
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Battle of Midway
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Japanese internment camps
Japanese Americans in the United States during World War II was the forced relocation and incarceration in camps -
Guadalcanal
was a military campaign fought 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
decisive battle of the Second World War that took place near the Egyptian railway halt of El Alamein -
Battle of Stalingrad
was a 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. -
Tehran Conference
The conference also addressed the Allies' relations with Turkey and Iran, operations in Yugoslavia and against Japan, and the envisaged post-war settlement -
D-Day
the storming of the shore in France -
Yalta Conference
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 -
F.D.R Death
The death of the 32nd present in Warm Srings, GA -
Mussolini’s assassination
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Hitler’s suicide
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Potsdam Conference
gathered to decide how to administer the defeated Nazi Germany, which had agreed to unconditional surrender nine weeks earlier -
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The bombing of japan by the United States that ultimately ended the war -
Formation of the U.N.
is an intergovernmental organization to promote international co-operation and to create and maintain international order -
Nuremberg Trials
were a series of military tribunals, held by the Allied forces after World War II, which were most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military -
Cold War
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Berlin Airlift
Blockade was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War -
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. -
McArthur’s plan for Japan
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Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin -
Cuban Missile Crisis
was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning American ballistic missile