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world war 2
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Austria and Czechoslovakia fall
Hitler met secertly with his top military advisers. His plan was to absorb Austria and Czechoslovakia into the Third Reich. He boldly declared that to grow and prosper Germany needed the lad of it's neighbors. -
The Phony War
Hitler launched a surprise invasionof Denmark and Norway in order to protect those countreis freedom and indepence. But in truth, Hitler planned to build bases along the coasts to strike at Great Britian. Next, Hitler turned against the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, whcih were oeverrun by the end of May. -
The battle of France
At Compiegne, as William Shirer and the rest of the world watched, Hitler handed French officers his terms of surrender. -
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"The Cold War"
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Truman becomes president
Harry S. Truman became President after Franklin Roosevelt died. -
North Korea attacks South Korea
North Korean forces swept across the 38th parallel in a surprise attack on South Korea. -
McCarthy's downfall
McCarthy made accusations against the U.S. Army which resulted in a nationally televised Senate investigation. -
A new military policy
From the beginning =, Kennedy focused on the Cold War he thought the Eisenhower administration had not done enough about the Soviet threat -
The Camelot years
His inauguration set the tone of a new era -
Crises over Cuba
About 2 weeks before Kennedy took office, President Eisenhower had cut off diplomatic relations with Cuba
