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The event that signifies the beginning of World War 2
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He is called to replace Neville Chamberlain
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Germany attacking France only lasted 6 weeks
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The Soviets were nervous about how close the Finnish border was to Leningrad
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The Battle of Britain was the first major failure of the Germans in World War II
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Roosevelt wished to provide Britain with all possible aid short of war
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Hitler wanted to get British out of the Balkans
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Extermination of jews in WWII
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Lightning War
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Japan bombs a US naval base at pearl harbor in Hawaii
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Purpose is to create peace
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One of the decisive victories of World War Two
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Represents the strategic high water mark of Japan's Pacific Ocean war
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Took the Americans six months to defeat the Japanese
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USA way to keep Japanese-Americans on watch at all times
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Turning point in WWII in Europe
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Franklin Ross. , Stalin, and Churchill planned to discuss D-Day
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The Normandy Invasion
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Meeting to plan the final defeat and occupation of Nazi Germany
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Dies by stroke
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He was hung in the street for evryone to see
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Commits suicide by swallowing a cyanide capsule and shooting himself in the head
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Discussed the procedures of the peace settlements in Europe
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United States used a massive, atomic weapon against Hiroshima, Japan
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Island Hopping
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Trials of Nazis involved in crimes committed during the Holocaust
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Aid to Europe from the USA for damages
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The Cold War was to dominate international affairs for decades and many major crises occurred
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Allies decided to take the unprecedented step of supplying West Berlin from the air
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The Soviets under Gorbachev came to believe that the countries of Eastern Europe should be allowed to decide their own destinies and they thought that they would do this within a socialist framework
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The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world ever came to nuclear war
