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Nuremberg Laws
Laws that explained who was considered a Jew and prohibited marraige between Jews and Germans -
Munich Conference
Meeting between Hitler, Ialy, France, and UK, saying Hitler can annex the Sudelenland if he promises to not invade anywhere else. -
Kristallnacht
Attack on Jewish businesses by Nazis -
St. Louis Affair
After a Jewish passenger was not allowed on to Cuba, all 900 people were sent back to Germany, awaiting certain death. -
Death Camps
Camps built by the Nazi Germans to kill millions of people. -
German Invasion of Poland
German troops invaded Poland north, south, and east the morning after the Gleiwitz incident. -
Death of FDR
He died in Little White House from a stroke. -
German Invasion of France
The battle consisted of two operations, the first one is Case Yellow and the second one is Case Red. -
Dunkirk
A battle part of the Battle of France on the Western Front. -
Pearl Harbor
2402 American died with 1282 wounded -
Wake Island
Begun simultaneously with the attack on Pearl Harbor -
Wannsee Conference
Purpase was to appoint Reinhard Heydrich as the chief executor of the "Fianl solution to the Jewish question." -
Bataan Death March
a 80 mile march with a high percent of deaths -
Coral Sea
The first battle when ships shot directly at eachother and aircrafts engaged another -
Midway
Japanese plan was to trap U.S. aircrafts and occupy Midway. -
Guadalcanal
The Allies planned on using the island as a way to get to Japan's major base. -
Stalingrad
Nazis fought the Soviets for the control of the city Stalingrad. -
Invasion of North America
Called Operation Torch, it was the first offesive operation by the US forces into Egypt. -
Invasion of Italy
The landing of the Allied forces on mainland Italy -
Tarawa
First time in the war that American faced tough Jananese opponents -
Tehran Conference
The main outcome was the choice to have a second front against the Nazis -
Philippines
Use of guerrillas technquie between the Americans and Filipinos. -
Fall of Rome
Fell to American and Allied troops -
D-Day
the landing operations of the Allied forces on the Normandy beaches. -
Battle of the Bulge
This suprise attack cought the Allied forces off guard, causing it to be the highest in casualties of Americans. -
Yalta Conference
Intended mainly to re-establish of the nations after the war. -
Iwo Jima
The goal of the Americans was to capture the entire island tand the three airfeilds from the Japanese control. -
Okinawa
THe longest battle in the Pacific warfare during WWII -
VE Day
The day the Allied froces eccepted the surrender of Nazi Germany -
Trinity Test
Produced an explosive power of about 20 kilotons of TNT -
Potsdam Conference
They met to deiside on the punishment of the defeated Nazis. -
Hiroshima
The bomb that was dropped was Little Boy. -
Nagasaki
the bomb that fell was Fat Man -
VJ Day
The day that the Japanese surrendered, ending WWII