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Holocaust
The Holocaust started pre-war on January 30, 1933 and ended on May 8, 1945. -
Beginning of WWII
Hitler invaded Poland, starting WWII -
Attack on Finland
Stalin attacks Finland, called the Winter War -
Germany Vs. France
Germany attacks France. -
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister of Britain in 1940. -
Battle Of Britian
Goes from July 10, 1940 - October 31, 1940 -
Taking over Balkans
Hitler took over the Balkans -
Lend-Lease Act
Was passed on March 11, 1941
Military aid to Britain. -
Germany Blitzkrieg on Russia
After the friendship fell, Hitler wasted no time to attack Russia. -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese bombed and attacked Pearl Harbor, getting USA involved in WWII -
Japanese Internment Camps
Japanese internment camps started in 1942.
In America for Japanese people to be held during WWII -
Battle of Midway
Lasted from June 3, 1942 - June 7, 1942 -
Guadalcanal
Lasted from August 7, 1942 - February 9, 1943 -
Battle of Stalingrad
Lasted from August 23, 1942 - February 2, 1943 -
Battle of El Alamein
Lasted from October 23, 1942 - November 5, 1942 -
Tehran Conference
Lasted from November 28, 1943 - December 1, 1943
Meeting between Stalin, FDR, and Churchill after the invasion of Iran. Held in Soviet Unions base. -
D-Day
Started the attack on Normandy Beach in France. Beginning of the end of WWII. -
Yalta Conference
Lasted from February 4, 1945 to February 11, 1945 -
F.D.R's Death
President Roosevelt's death. -
Mussolini's Assassination
Mussolini was assassinated and his body was hung in the streets to be beaten and spat on by civilians. -
Hitler's Suicide
As the war was coming to an end, Hitler hid in a bunker along with his family and another family. He proceed to kill himself. No one in the bunker survived. -
Potsdam Conference
Lasted from July 17, 1945 - August 2, 1945 -
Bombing Japanese Islands
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki -
McArthur's Plans for Japan
lasted from 1945 - 1952
To occupy and rebuild Japan after WWII -
Formation of the UN
Was formed in Lake Success, NY
Formed to help countries get along. Replaced the League of Nations. -
Nuremberg Trials
Lasted from November 20, 1945 - October 1, 1946 -
Cold War
Historians don't agree on starting and ending dates.
Lasted from 1947 - 1991 (Beginning of Cold War and ending of Soviet Union.) -
Marshall Plan
Went into effect on June 3, 1948
Was a recovery plan, aka the European Recovery Program. Where 13 billion dollars were sent to help recover Europe. -
Berlin Airlift
Lasted from June 24, 1948 - May 12, 1949 -
Berlin Wall
Lasted from August 13, 1961 - November 9, 1989 -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Lasted from October 16,1962 - October 28, 1962
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