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WWII
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Germany Invades Poland
Germans invade Blitzkrieg, Poland. this war was called the lightning war. Germany did this to gain power. -
Germany attacks France
France signs an armistice agreement by which the Germans occupy the northern half of the country and the entire Atlantic coastline. -
Winston Churuchill becomes prime minister
He get elected to be the prime minister in Britain. -
Hitler takes over balkans
he invades with his army -
Stalin Attacks Finland
To gain control. -
Battle of Britain
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Holocaust
This is the killing of 6 million Jews in the collaborators of WWII. -
Lend-Lease Act
Churuchhill suggested the concept of lending supplies to other democracies. Roosevelt passed the Lend-Lease Act in congress. -
Bombing of Pearl Habor
This where Japan lunched a surpise attack on the U.S. by bombing the air field on the coast of Hawaii. Also called "day we will live in infamy.' -
Midway
This is where Japan sent a big army to Midway. this is a site of a big America air base. The U.S. broke Japanese secert codes, so they where ready for it. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Luftwaffe started late night bombings of Stalingrad. German controlled 90% of city and Stalin said defend this city at all cost. -
Japanese Internment Camps
When Pearl Habor got bombed the U.S. put all Japanese in internment camps. -
Guadalcanal
First big offense battle the allies put in to play againist Japan. -
Battle of El Alamein
El Alamein is a little town in Egypt. British attacked the German Afrika Korps and retreated to the west. -
Tehran Conference
It was the meeting between FDR, Churchill, & Stalin in Iran. -
D-Day
This was the invasion that was launched June 6, 1944 in the region of Normandy, France. The Allies attack stormed the beaches of Normany by five separate beachheads. -
Yalta Conference
Its where Allies meet to talk about the final defeat of Germany. Also how to divide Germany, and what to do with the another European countrys. -
F.D.R's Death
President for most of WWll. He died of a storke. -
Hitler's Suicide
killed himself to not go to war trial. -
Formation of the U.N.
A group formed for peace and security. -
Potsdam Conference
Allies meet in Berlin to decide on what to do with Germay, and other issues. Ex: boundaries of Poland. and occupation of Austria. -
Atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The explosion wiped out 90 percent of Hiroshima and immediately killed 80,000 people. The U.S. bombed them to try to put a stop to the war. -
McArthur's Plan for Japan
Demiltarize Japan and to put Japan's war criminals on trial. Also to put a constitutional monarchy in. Japam and U.S. become allies. -
Mussolini's Assassination
He was giving a speech in Rome when a bullet almost killed him. -
Nuremburg Trials
The Nuremberg Trials had 24 defendants and Hilter's top officals. They were chargesd with crimes againist humanity. -
Marshall Plan
This plan is for weaker European countries to get help from the U.S. To strengthen economies and kepp them from being communist. -
Berlin Airlift
The U.S. was traped in western Germany by the Soviet Union, so the U.S. had to fly in supplies. -
Berlin Wall
1103 foot wall built to sepatare east and west Berlin. -
Cold War
Ebagro by the U.S. and U.S. invade Cuba. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Soviet Union puts missiles in Cuba and points them at U.S.
