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FDR's death
32nd president of the US until his death -
Holocaust
About six million European Jews were killed by Hitler's army. -
Germany Invades Poland
Hitler claiming it as a defensive action invaded Poland. -
Stalin Attacks Finland
Invasion of Finland ended with the Moscow Peace Treaty. -
Germany attacks France
Germany defeated its allied forces by sending mobile operations and conquered France. -
Winston Churchill becomes Prime minister of Britain
First Lord of the Admiralty, is called to replace Neville Chamberlain as British prime minister -
Battle of Britain
When the Royal Air force of Britain defended the United Kingdom against the Air forces of Germany. -
Lend-Lease Act
the principal means for providing U.S. military aid to foreign nations during World War II -
Lend-lease act
Military aid to Britain. -
Hitler takes over the Balkans
Hitler gave the order to German forces to invade Yugoslovia. -
German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union
Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
A surprise attack by the Japanese military air base on Pearl Harbor. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Nazi Germany and its allies fought Germany. -
Japanese Internment Camps
The japanese Americans were forced to relocate themselves. -
German Blitzkrieg
Germans broke using armory into he soviet union. -
Battle of Midway
A decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II. -
Battle of El Alamein
Battle of the Western desert Campaign of the Second World War. -
Guadalcanal
Originally applied to take the island of Tulagi by Allied forces. -
Tehran Conference
A meeting held after the Invasion of Anglo Soviet Invasion of Iran. -
D-Day
Allied forces invaded France. -
D-Day
Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. -
Yalta Conference
The WWII meeting of the heads of the government officials of different countries. -
Mussolini’s assassination
Executed by an anti-fascist partisan. -
Hitler commits suicide
On April 30 1945, Hitler committed suicide. -
Potsdam Conference
Participants were the US, Soviet Union and UK. -
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The United States, at the order of President Harry S. Truman, dropped nuclear weapons on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki -
Formation of the U.N.
Formed to prevent another World War. -
Nuremberg Trials
Military tribunals held by Allied forces after WWII -
Cold war
Geopolitical tension after WWII -
Marshall Plan
President Truman signed the Economy Recovery Act. -
Marshall Plan
American initiative to aid Western Europe. -
Berlin Airlift
First major international crisis of the cold war. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
13 Day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union. -
Berlin Wall
Barrier dividing Berlin.
