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Anshcluss of Austria
The union of Austria and Germany orchestrated by Hitler -
Nazi-Soviet Pact
An agreement between Hitler and Stalin to keep peace between each country -
The Munich Conference
British and French leaders again chose appeasement and convinced the Czechs to give up Sudentenland to Hitler. -
Blitzkrieg
hitler orders a "lighting war" or constant bombing on Norway and Belgium. -
Operation Sea Lion
Hitler invades Britian. -
Operation Barbarossa
Hitler breaks the Nazi-Soviet Pact and invades the Soviet Union to take their vast natural resources. -
Pearl Harbor
A surprise attack on American soil that killed 2,400 peopole and the reason America entered the war. -
Island Hopping
A goal of the U.S. to defeat the Japanese one island at a timeand allowed them to move North. -
"Big 3"
FDR, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin meet and decided to first fight the war in Europe and then in the Pacific (Japanese). -
Yalta Conference
Where it was decided that the Soviet Union would fight in the war against Japan. -
D-day Assault
The invasion of France to defeat the German. -
United Nations
Delegates from 50 nations convened in San Fransisco to draft the charter for the U.N. -
V-E Day
When the war in Britian officially surrendered, victory in Europe. -
The Manhattan Project
A code name for the Atomic bomb. Truman warned Japan that they should surrender because of the WMD that the U.S. had. -
Hiroshima
Japan refuses to surrender and the U.S. dropped the A-bomb on Hiroshima. -
Nagasaki
Japan Refuses to surrender again so the U.S. drops the A-bomb on Nagaski. -
Truman Doctrine
A document that contained or limited communism to the areas already under Soviet control. -
Marshall Plan
The aid package that the U.S. offered to strengthen Democratic ties. -
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
The U.S., Canada,and 10 other states joined together in this alliance -
The Division of Germany
Germany turned into Eastern and Western blocs. -
The Warsaw Pact
The Soviet Union's own military alliance.
