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Kristallnacht
Nazis coordinated an attack on Jewish people and their property in Germany and German-controlled lands. -
Wannsee Conference
The Wannsee Conference was a meeting of senior officials of the Nazi German regime, held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee. -
Battle of Stalingrad
War II one of the most major battle in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad. -
Casablanca Conference
was held at the Anfa Hotel in Casablanca, Morocco, then a French protectorate, to plan the European strategy of the Allies -
Italy declares war on Germany
King Victor Emmanuel, leader of post-Fascist Italy, declared war on Germany -
Anzio Invasion
By winter 1943 the Allied Italian campaign was making progress. Both Clark and the Fifth US Army on the west coast, and Montgomery and the Eighth British Army on the east, had been fought to a standstill on the Gustav Line -
operation overlord
The greatest amphibious attack in history. Nearly 175, 000 American, Canadian, and British troops landed in Normandy -
Liberation of Paris
A World War II Allied victory, on August 25, 1944. After Operation Overlord gained a foothold in Normandy, Allied forces made slow progress east. The German counterattack at Avranches, -
Battle of bulge
the last German offensive on the Western Front, an unsuccessful attempt to divide the Allied forces and prevent an invasion of Germany -
Yalta Conference
Conference of Allied leaders at Yalta to plan Germany's defeat in World War II. Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin -
V-E Day
the day on which the Allies announced the surrender of German forces in Europe. -
Nuremburg Trials
A series of trials held in Nuremberg, Germany, from November 1945 to October 1946. They were held by the International Military Tribunal to indict and try twenty-four former Nazi leaders for committing and conspiring to commit war crimes and crimes against humanity during World War II.
