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Geneva Convention
Discussed laws for treatment of wounded or captured personnel,
Series of international diplomatic meetings -
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Neutrality act
To avoid US involvement in war
Restricted Americans to prevent angering other countries -
Nuremberg laws
Stripped Jews of their rights,
Made Nazi party stronger, Germany strays further from allied governments -
Japan invades China
Japan advances military,
Ends with the surrender of Japan at the end of WWII -
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Kristallnacht
Increased tension with German cities
Increased tension as a result of the assassination of Von Rath -
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Blitzkrieg
Used by Germany to overwhelm opponents, Germany swept through Poland, Norway, and France -
Nonaggression pact
Pact between the USSR and Germany,
Attempted to keep USSR on peaceful terms -
Poland ceases to exist
Germany invades Poland starting WWII,
Government ceases due to the non aggression pact -
War declared on Germany by Poland, Britain, and France
Response to march on Poland,
Starts essentially all of WWII -
Cash and Carry
GB paid cash to US for supplies, GB transports with their own ships, Strengthens allies -
Luftwaffe and RAF bombings
Germany suffers loss,
Luftwaffe suffers loss of resources -
Hitler invades Norway, Denmark
Germany slips through mines laid in Norway,
Denmark surrenders to German invasion -
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Hitler splits France
One side occupied by German troops
Becomes gateway to D-day -
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USSR annex Baltic states
USSR establishes military bases
Compels Baltic governments to resign -
Selective Service Training Act
All males in US 21-36 required to register,
Strengthens US military -
Tripartite Pact
Axis powers formed,
Aimed at US who was neutral -
Lend Lease Plan
Helped keep US safe while contributing to war effort,
Increased strength of Britain and France -
Hitler breaks Stalin agreement
USSR joins allied efforts,
USSR becomes enemy of Germany -
Order #8802
Bans discriminatory employment practices, Further separates US from German practices -
US cutoff with Japan
Retaliation of japanese occupation of indo-china,
Freezes japanese assets -
Atlantic Charter
Outlined goals for the war, used for political Gain.
Inspires British/Allied powers against Germany -
Pearl Harbor
Causes US to declare war,
Surprises US military -
US declares War
Against japan after pearl harbor,
Defense groups mobilized on coasts -
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Stalingrad
One of the largest and longest and bloodiest battles of modern warfare
Russia retakes Stalingrad -
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Bataan
US surrendered at Bataan peninsula
Forced to march to camps -
U-boat attacks
Germany dominates waters off the east coast
Tried to halt US shipping to Britain -
Order #9066
Japanese relocation, Authorized internment -
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Midway
US navy victory
Defense of the Midway Island -
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El Alamein
Britain overwhelms german and italian troops
Withdraws men to tunisia -
Island Hopping
Increases Axis control
Japan especially gains control of the pacific -
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Liberation of Concentration Camps
US, USSR liberated camps, pressing further against Germany
Freed the people living in the camps. -
D-Day
Allied liberation
Allies control western Europe -
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Bulge
Last major offensive with Hitler
Allied Victory -
Korematsu v. U.S.
Forced relocation after order 9066
US further becomes an enemy of Japan -
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Yalta Conference
Discussed post-war organization
Between the US, Britain, Soviet Union -
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Iwo Jima
US decimates Japan forces
Very few of the Japanese forces survived -
VE day
Celebrate victory in Europe,
Rejoicing in defeat of Nazi Germany, Tension deescalated -
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Potsdam Conference
Truman, Churchill, Stalin
Determined results in Germany after the War -
Hiroshima
Retaliation from Pearl Harbor
Japan later surrenders -
Nagasaki
Retaliation from Pearl Harbor
Japan later surrenders -
VJ day
Celebrates victory against japan,
Celebrates end of WWII, Tension deescalated