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The Anschluss of Austria violated the Versailles treaty and created a brief war scare. Since the western democrates took no action, Hitler easliy had his way.
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British and French leaders again chose appeasement. They caved into Hitler's demands and then persuaded the Czechs to surrender the Studetenland without a fight. In exchange, Hitler assured Britain and France that he had no further plans to expand his territory.
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Hitler and Stalin came to peaceful relations and divided up Poland and eastern Europe.
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Hitler launched a blitzkrieg or lightening war against Norway and Denmark, both of which soon fell.
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Hitler made plans for Operation Sea Lion, the invasion of Britain. In preparation for the invasion he launched to Soviet Union in massive air strikes against the island nation.
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Hitler nullified the Nazi- Soviet Pact by invading the Soveiet Union in Operation Barbarossa, a plan which its name came from the midieval German leader, Frederick Barbarossa.
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Japanese airplanes bombed the American fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. the attack took the lives of about 2,400 people and destroyed battleships and aircraft.
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The Japanese suffered their frist serious set back at the Battle of Coral Sea. The battle lasted for 5 days. For the first time is naval history the enemy ships never saw eachother and attacks were carried out by planes launched from aircraft carriers or ships that transport aircraft and accomodate the take offs and landings.
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The Big 3- Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin met and agreed to focus on finishing the war in Europe before trying to end the war in Asia.
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Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin meet again in Soviet Union. they agreed that the Soviet Union would enter the war against Japan with in 3 months of Germany's Surrender.
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Just before midnight on June 5th, Allies Planes dropped paratroopers behind enemy lines, at dawn thouands of ships ferried 156,000 Allied troops across the English Channel.The troops fought their way to shore.
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Countries fprmed a world wide organization to play a greater role in world affairs.
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Victory in Europe Day. When the allies won WWII in Europe.
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Allied scientists, some German and Italian refugees, conducted research, code-named the Manhattan Project which is a code name for the projects to build the first atomic bomb during WWII. Truman warns Japan to surrender; they don't.
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August 6th an American plane dropped an atomic bomb over the city of Hiroshima. the bomb flattened 4 square miles and killed more than 70,000 people. August 9th US dropped the 2nd atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki, killing more than 40,000 people.
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A Doctrine named after President Truman. It was meant to contain communism.
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The Soveits were angry because the Western Allies helped rebuild West Germany's economy. The Soviets controlled East Germany.
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The Marshall Plan was enacted to beat communism and strenghten deomcracy, the US offered money or aid packages to help countries rebuild.
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NATO- North American Trade Organization. Countries pledged to helo one another if any one of them were attacked.
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The Soviet's responded to NATO and formed their own military alliances.
