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Appeasement (Chamberlain)
Foreign policy of pacifying an aggrieved nation through negotiation in order to prevent war. -
Japan invades Manchuria
Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident. After the war, the Japanese established the puppet state of Manchukuo -
Night of the Long Knives
a purge that happen in Nazi Germany -
Kristallnacht
a program against Jews -
Final Solution
indirect term used by Nazi Germany’s leaders. It referred to the mass murder of Europe’s Jews. -
Non Aggression Pact
a treaty between two or more states or countries that includes a promise not to engage in military action against each other. -
France surrenders to Germany
French government signed an agreement with Nazi Germany -
Battle of Stalingrad
the biggest conflict of World War II in which Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union -
D-Day
Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy the largest seaborne invasions in history -
Liberation of Auschwitz
concentration camp, killing center, and forced-labor camps
