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Munich Pact
Turned the Sudetenland over to Germany without a single shot being fired -
Ribbentrop-Motolov Pact
Treaty of non-aggression between Germany and Soviet Union. -
Cash and Carry Policy
allowed warring nations to buy U.S arms as long as they paid cash and transported them in their own ships. -
Batle of Britain
German planes attacked British targets. RAF (Britain’s Royal Air Force) fought back. -
Lend Lease Act
Supplied Britain and France with military weapons to help defeat Germany. -
Japan's Attack on Pearl Harbor
Hideki Tojo ordered the Japanese Navy to prepare for an attack on the U.S. (December 7, 1941) The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. (U.S largest Naval base in the Pacific.) More than 180 Japanese warplanes were launched. 3 days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Germany and Italy declared war on the U.S. -
Battle of Stalingrad
(August 1942) It was important because it was a huge industrial center. Germany took over 9/10 of Stalingrad. The Soviets attacked back by trapping the Germans in Stalingrad and cutting off their supplies. German soldiers surrendered. This victory was a turning point for Soviets, and they started moving westward toward Germany. -
D-Day
June 6, 1944. First day of Allied invasion on Germany. -
Battle of the Bulge
(December 16, 1944) German tanks drove into Allied territory, captured 120 american GIs and took them to a large field to shoot them down. Battle lasted for a month. -
Yalta Conference
Meeting between Allied leaders Churchill, FDR, and Stalin in February, 1945 at Yalta, planning the final stages of WW2. -
V-E Day
May 8, 1945. Allies celebrated V-E Day (Victory in Europe Day) -
Potsdam Conference
The Big Three Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and U.S. President Harry Truman--met in Potsdam, Germany, from July 17 to August 2, 1945, to negotiate terms for the end of World War II. -
Nuremberg Trials
Those responsible for the crimes committed during the Holocaust were brought to trial in early October, 1945.
