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The Non-Aggression Pact was a pact that Germany and the Soviet Union signed, shortly before WWII, saying that their military will not take any action towards each other for ten years.
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The Battle of Britain was a military campaign which the Royal Air Force defended the United Kingdom against the Luftwaffe, the Nazi Germany Air Force.
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The Atlantic Conference, or charter, was a meeting with Allied leaders and made a charter that outlined the goals for the Allies about the post-war world.
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The Battle of Midway was a naval battle against Japan and the victory stopped the Japanese advancement and put them on defense.
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The Battle of Stalingrad was a battle between the Soviet Union and Germany with their Allies for the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia.
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Operation Torch was an invasion on North Africa to free the Mediterranean Sea from German control and protect the oil fields in the Middle East.
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The Italian Campaign was another British and American invasion in Italy. It was another delayed direct on Germany but even though Italy surrendered, Germany continued to fight and tied up allied troops.
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The Tehran Conference was the first Conference with Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin, and they discussed the final plan to take down Hitler and his allies.
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Operation Overlord, or D-Day, was an invasion on Normandy which provided the Allies with the western front.
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The Battle of the Bulge was the the last German offensive and the beginning of the end for the Nazi Germans.
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The Yalta Conference was another meeting with FDR, Churchill, and Stalin and they discussed the final plans for the defeat of Europe and the post war European plans.
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The Battle of Iwo Jima and Okinawa demonstrated how the Japanese were not gonna give, showing how much an invasion would cost.
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The Battle of Okinawa and Iwo Jima demonstrated how the Japanese were not gonna give up, revealing how much an invasion would cost.
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The Soviet Union was approaching Berlin from the East and the Western Allies were approaching from the West. Knowing that defeat was in the future, Hitler took his own life and left the Nazis to surrender. The Soviet Union then took control over Berlin.
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The Potsdam Conference was between Truman and Stalin, where they discussed the unconditional surrender of Japan.
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The bombing of Hiroshima was the first and the result was the surrender of the Japanese and saving many lives.
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The bombing of Nagasaki came after Hiroshima and the result was the surrender of Japan and the saving of many lives.