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Nuremberg Laws
German Laws created to limit Jewish rights and ruled how they lived -
Munich Confrence
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German Invasion of poland
Against what European powers limited them, Germany invaded Poland and over took it in 3 days -
Kristallnacht
Known as the night of broken glass, Nazi's invaded Jewish cities, burned buisnesses and Jewish synegogues -
St. Louis Affair
Jewish ship that tried to travel to the US was denied and sent back to Europe -
German Invasion of France
German's first ground troup invasion of French Territory -
German Death Camps
First German death camp created, used for exterminating jews -
Dunkirk
Defence and evacuation of Allied troops in Europe as the Nazi's invaded France -
Philippines
US wanted to establish a Military base inthe philippines to fight the Japanese -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese bombed the US Naval base of Pearl Harbor, throwing the US into WWII -
Wake Island
Battle between US and Japan over the island of Wake Island, a US airbase that the japanese attacked after the pearl harbor invasion. -
Bataan Death March
The US stormed the Bataan peninsula in the philippines, unknowing that they were out numbered, they surrendered and were put on a herendous journey by the Japanese that deprived the men of food and water and made them march across the whole peninsula. -
Tokyo Fire Bombing
This was the event when the US invaded Japan with B-29 bombers and fire bombed the city of tokyo, destroying most of the city. -
Coral Sea
US and Japanese Naval battle between aircraft over the coral sea. -
Midway
Battle between the US and Japanese over the US airbase of Midway, the US defeated the majority of the Japanese fleet and this victory changed the path of the war -
Tarawa
US naval battle with Japan over the island of Tarawa in the Coral Sea -
Guadal Canal
US troops landed on the island of Guadal Canal, one of the first and only conflicts between US and japanese foot soldiers. Guadal Canal gave the US a strategic Airbase -
fall of rome
This was a battle when the allied troops marched onto rome, the allied forces won and this was a huge victory in the European campaign -
Sicily Invasion
This was the allied invasion of the italian island of sicily, the allied troops won the campaign and this was the total victory of the italian campaign -
Stalingrad
this was when the germans attacked the russian city of stalingrad, the germans ended up having a big defeat and lost them their russian campaign -
invasion of italy
This was the landing of a massive amount of troops in Italy, the allied forces fought through italy and won their italian campaign with the victory at sicily -
Tehran Conference
Strategy meeting between England, US and Russia about WWII. It was the first meeting of all the three "big leaders" of the Allied powers -
Invasion of North Africa
This was when the allied troops took out the german and italian troops in north africa -
D-Day
This was the allied troops biggest landing of troops on the beaches of normandy, the allied troops used amphibious vehicles and destroyers to clear out the German bunkers firing machine guns down on the troops as they rushed the beaches. 30000 soldiers died in the battle -
Battle of the Bulge
This was when allied troops, in a bulged battle front, attacked the german troops at luxenbourg. The allied troops ended up being victorious and this was one of the biggest win for the allies in the war -
Yalta Confrence
Meeting between the US, England, Russia discussing the reorganization of Europe after WWII -
Death of FDR
FDR was sick for the yalta conference, and when he came back to the US it was obvious that he was sick and going to die soon -
Trinity Test
This was the first test of an atomic bomb, the US government kept it top secret and was the first ever detonated the atomic bomb -
VE Day
This was the day that the Germans surrendered to the allied troops, thus having the name victory over europe day. -
Iwo Jima
US invaded the island of Iwo Jima to establish an airbase close enough to japan to bomb them -
Okinawa
also known as operation iceberg, was fought in the south pacific and was the largest amphibious assault in WWII -
Hiroshima
The US dropped the bomb little boy on the city of hiroshima, killing most of the city and was the first use of an atomin bomb in war -
Potsdam Conference
This conference established the punishments that the Nazi's would receive for their war crimes -
Nagasaki
the US dropped the atomic bomb "fat man" on the city of nagasaki, this bombing made Japan surrender and made the US win WWII -
Enola Gay
This was the plane that dropped the little boy bomb on hiroshima, one of the planes that ended WWII -
VJ day
victory over japan day was the day that japan surrendered to the US due to the dropping of the bomb on Nagasaki