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Non Aggression Pact
The Non Aggression Pact was a pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union in which they agreed to take no military action against each other within the next 10 years -
Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain was a significant turning point in WWII in which the German and British Air Forces fought and bombed each other, and Germany lost, preventing British land invasion -
Atlantic Conference *won't let me upload a picture IDK why*
The Atlantic Conference was a meeting between the two Allied leaders Winston Churchill and FDR. The meeting produced the Atlantic Charter, which set some basic ground rules for the war -
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was a key battle in WWIi where the US predicted Japan's attack plan through code breaking and damaged the Japanese Navy -
Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was the bloodiest battle of WWII between the Nazi military and the Soviet Union's forces. Almost 2 million people died in the battle, but the battle turned the tide of the war in favor of the Allies -
Operation Torch
Operation Torch was the British American invasion of north Africa during WWII. -
Italian campaign
The Italian campaign was the final push from Allied forces to defeat the Axis powers by invading Italy -
Tehran Conference
The Tehran Conference was a meeting between the "Big 3"- Winston Churchill, FDR, and Joseph Stalin- to discuss strategies to win WWII -
Operation Overlord
Operation Overlord was the invasion of Normandy, France by Allied forces in WWII. The invasion opened up a new front of fighting to divide the Axis' forces -
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was a battle brought on by Axis powers intended to split the Allies up so that the Axis forces could destroy them -
Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference was the second meeting between the Big Three that gathered to discuss the surrender of Germany and rebuilding the world after the war -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle between US forces and Japanese forces where the US was trying to get closer to Japan with its tactic of island hopping -
Battle of Okinawa
The Battle of Okinawa was the last major battle of WWII between US and Japanese forces. The US needed the island to complete its island hopping campaign and launch its planned invasion of Japan -
Surrender of Berlin/Germany
General Alfred Jodl of the German army unconditionally surrendered to Allied forces on May 5th, 1945. While this effectively ended the main war, Japan had still not surrendered and was still fighting -
Potsdam Conference
The Potsdam Conference was the last meeting between the Big 3 that gathered to discuss the punishments Germany should receive for WWII and the "surrender" of Japan -
Nagasaki
Nagasaki was one of the cities that was hit by an atomic bomb from the United States. Japan refused to surrender during WWII and was costing more and more lives every day of fighting, so the US decided to bomb them in an industrial center to hopefully cripple them and end the war. It worked -
Hiroshima
Hiroshima was one of the cities that was hit by an atomic bomb from the United States. Japan refused to surrender during WWII and was costing more and more lives every day of fighting, so the US decided to bomb them in an industrial center to hopefully cripple them and end the war. It worked
