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  Hitler was ready to engineer the Anschluss, or union of Austria and Germany.
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  British and French leaders again chose appeasement.
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  Hitler stunned the world by announcing a nonaggression pact with his great enemy-joseph stalin, the soviet dictation
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  Hitler invades Britain
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  Hitler invades Britain
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  Lighter war or constant bombing
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  Hitler breaks the Nazi- soviet pact and invades the soviet union for its natural resource.
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  surprise attack on US soil killed 2400, reason USA enters war.
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  Goal of USA to defeat japanese one island at a time allowed them to more north towards Japan
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  FDR Churchill and stalin decide to fight war in Europe 1st, move to the pacific Front
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  Big 3 (FDR, churchill, Stalin) decide to fight Japan within 3 months of Germany's surrender
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  USA and allies invade France on the beaches of Normandy to defeat Germany.
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  Japanese cities destroyed by atom bombs when Japan refuses to surrender
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  Hitler commit suicide
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  Offcially, the war in Europe ended the next day which was proclaimed V-E day (victory in Europe).
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  code name for Atomic bomb, Truman warned Japan that they should surrender because of WMD/ weapons of mass destruction.
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  Japanese cities destroyed by atom bombs when Japan refuses to surrender
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  contain communism where it is don't lot to spread
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  To beat communism and strengthen democracy , the US offered money or aid packages to help countries rebuild.
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  countries pledged to help one another if any one of them were attacked.
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  The soviets were angry because the western Allies help rebuild west Germany's economy.The soviets controlled East Germany.
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  The soviets were angry because the western Allies help rebuild west Germany's economy.The soviets controlled East Germany.
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  The soviets responded to NATO and formed their own Military alliances.