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Holocaust
Period in which 6 million Jews were killed by Nazis during world war 2. Holocaust literally means destruction. -
Germany Invades Poland
Poland was a crucial place for Hitler to invade to reach his goal of conquering Europe. So he invaded Poland before the Soviets could. They began by heading towards Warsaw. -
Stalin attacks Finland
Red Army crossed the Soviet-Finnish border with 465,000 men and 1,000 aircraft. Helsinki was bombed and 61 Finns were killed in an air raid that the Finns for resistance. -
Churchill becomes prime Minister
British statesman, orator, and author who as prime minister rallied the British people during World War II and led his country from the brink of defeat to victory. -
Germany Attacks France
German invasion of France and the Low Countries during the Second World War. German forces defeated the allies in six weeks to capture France, Belgium and other countries. -
Battle Of Britain
The British successfully defended a destructive air strike from the (Luftwaffe) or the German Air force who were trying to reach The English Chanel and gain control of the French ports. -
Hitler takes over the Balkans
The Italians were unsuccessful in taking over the Balkans so the German war-machine immediately soon went to take over using airborne strikes. -
Lend-Lease Act
Act where the United States aided its world war 2 allies with war materials such as ammunition, tanks, airplanes, etc. -
German Blietzkrieg on Soviet Union
German tactic to disorganize military power also called (Lighting War). Used against Moscow 6 times. -
Attack On Pearl Harbor
The Japanese conducted one of the greatest attacks on the US destroying nearly most of the U.S pacific fleet. Killed nearly 2,500 military personnel and civilians. -
Japanese Interment Camps
Japanese Americans were incarcerated in camps during WWII. -
Battle of Midway
United States destroyed Japan’s first-line carrier strength and most of its best trained naval pilots. Together with the Battle of Guadalcanal, the Battle of Midway ended the threat of Japanese invasion in the Pacific. -
Battle of Stalingard
Russians successfully defend a German attack on their city of Stalingrad it was also the turning point of the war in favor of the allies. -
Battle of Guadalcanal
Series of sea clashes between the allies and Japanese forces. -
Battle of Alamein
The British fought in Africa vs the Germans to liberate the Africans from the German-Italian army . British advantage in personnel and artillery proved too overwhelming for the Germans so they went away with a victory. -
Tehran Confrence
Meeting between U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin in Tehrān during World War II. The chief discussion centred on the opening of a “second front” in western Europe. -
D-Day
Allied invasion to take back France from Germany and eventually end the war. D-Day took place in Normandy, France -
Yalta Confrence
The British, US and Soviet Union discuss how to finally defeat the Nazi's of Hitler -
F.D.R's Death
Franklin Roosevelt died April 12, 1945 in Warm Springs Georgia. -
Mussolini's Assiniation
Mussolini wanted to flee the country because he was close to being defeated so he disguised himself as a German solider but they recognized him and shot and killed him and then hanged him in Milan. -
Hitler's Suicide
Adolf Hitler killed himself by gunshot on 30 April 1945 in his Führerbunker in Berlin. His wife Eva committed suicide with him by taking cyanide. -
Potsdam Confrence
Meeting to discuss peace settlements in Europe held by the US, British, and Soviet Union -
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The US dropped 2 atomic bombs on Japan to end the war fast without having many American casulties -
Nuremberg Trials
Trials to convict Nazi military leaders of war crimes by the international military tribunal. -
Macarthur's plan for Japan
MacArthur was the Allied powers’ supreme commander to accept Japan’s surrender which was held aboard the U.S. flagship Missouri in Tokyo -
United Nations
Established on October 24, 1945. The United Nations (UN) was the second multipurpose international organization established in the 20th century that was worldwide in scope and membership. -
Marshall Plan
The US would help countries maintain their economies and support them so their democratic governments could survive. -
Berlin Arlift
The soviet Union placed a blockade between the west and berlin so the people could not get supplies. So the allies dropped supply's from airplanes. -
Cold War
Not actually a war but a huge rivalry between the Soviet Union and the US. Both countries never fired shots but threatened each other to fire nuclear weapons. This 'War" went on for many years. The climax of the war came when the Soviet Union placed missiles in Cuba to destroy the US. -
Berlin Wall
Wall the surrounded west berlin to keep east berlin out. Wall separated communism from democracy. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Cuban missile crisis major confrontation that brought the United States and the Soviet Union close to war over the presence of Soviet nuclear armed missiles in Cuba.
