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Anschluss of Austria
Union of Austria to Germany orchestrated by Adolf Hitler. -
Munich Conference
British and French convinced the Czechs to give up Sudentenland to appease Adolf Hitler. -
Nazi-Soviet Pact
Bound Hitler and Stalin to peaceful relations. Pact was based not on friendship or respect but on mutual need -
Hitler launches blitzkrieg on Norway and Belgium
Blitzkrieg utilized improved tank and airpower technonlogy o strike a devastating blow against the enemy -
Operation Sea-Lion and blitz on London /September
Invasion of Britian. German bombers began bombing Britian -
Hitler enacts operation Barbarossa
Germany invades Soviet Russia and nullified the Nazi-Soviet Pact -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
A surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Japenese airplanes bombed the American fleet -
Japan loses the battle of the Coral Sea (island hoppping campaign)
Five day battle in which attacks were carried out by the planes launched from airplane carriers -
The "Big 3" meet
Agreement between Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin to focus on finishng the war in Europe before trying to end the war in Asia. -
Yalta conference
As Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin planned strategy in an atmosphere of distrust. They agreed that the Soviet Union would enter the war against Japan within 3 months of Germanys surrender in return promising Stalin possession of theSouthern Sakhalin Island, the Kuril Islands, and an accupation zone in Korea. -
D-day assault
Invasion of France by the allies: troops fought thier way through the beaches of Nomrandy. Air explosives and machine gun fire began to advance towards paris. -
Charter of United Nations
50 delegates from different nations came to together to create the United Nations -
V-E day
The official day that war in Europe ended when Germany surrendered -
Manhattan Project/ Truman warns Japan to surrender
The race between Japan and U.S. to harness the atmoic bomb. Truman sent warning to Japan to surrender or face complete destructuction -
U.S. drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki /9
American plane dropped on Hiroshima an atomic bomb. The day after the S.U daclared war on Japan, the U.S. dropped a 2nd atomic bomb on nagasaki -
Truman Doctrine adopted
Truman doctrine was made to slow down communism -
Marshall Plan enacted
Helped to rebuild Europe -
The division of Germany
Half of Germany was controlled by the U.S. and different countries while the other half was controlled by Russia -
NATO signed
NATO was made and is the allies in WWII -
Warsaw Pact
Russian equivalent to NATO
