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Role of America

  • America Joins WWI

    America Joins WWI
    America joins the war, However since it took time to ralley all of their troops they didn't actually join the war until the spring of next year.
  • Black Tuesday

    Black Tuesday
    The day the stock market crashed.
  • Moltov - Ribbentrop Pact

    Was the pact between Germany and Russia to have a non-conflict between the two. The main reason why Germany did this was so Russia wouldn't act when they invaded Poland since Russia owned a part of Poland
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    Battle of Britain

    against the United Kingdom during the summer and autumn of 1940. The objective of the campaign was to gain air superiority over the Royal Air Force (RAF), especially Fighter Command. The name derives from a famous speech delivered by Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the House of Commons: "…the Battle of France is over. I expect that the Battle of Britain is about to begin
  • The battle of Stalingrad

  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    America declares war on the Axis allies over the bombing of Pearl Harbor from the Japanesee.
  • D Day

    D day was one of the most bloodiest battles fought in WWII. At 6 Am at Normday, the US launched their attack on the germans. More then 5,000 ships and 13,000 aircraft supported the invasion. out of the 160,000 soldiers that were in the attack only 100,000 marched their way inland towards the reich.
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    Battle of the Bulge

    The Battle of the Bulge (also known as the Ardennes Counteroffensive, and the Von Rundstedt Offensive to the Germans) (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945) was a major German offensive (die Ardennenoffensive) launched through the densely forested Ardennes mountain region of Wallonia in Belgium, and France and Luxembourg on the Western Front towards the end of World War II. The Wehrmacht's code name for the offensive was Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein ("Operation Watch on the Rhine"), after the German
  • Yalta Conference

    Was a meeting of the governments of the allies, from the US to Great britain and the Soviet Union all came together and discussed what their plan was for reorganization after the war. They discuussed the re-establishment of nations for war-torn Europe. It was the Second of 3 mid-war meetings between the big three.
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    The Nuremberg Trails

    The trails were a prosecution held by the Allies of the more noteable members of the political, military and ecnomical aspets of the Nazi party. 23 individuals were tried, most were hung, others commited suicide, and one escaped and was never to be found.
  • V-E Day

    Was the day Europe won the war against th Germans as they surrenderd