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This was also know as the union of Austria and Germany. The Anschluss violated the versailles treaty and created a breif war scare.
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At the Munich conference British and French leaders chose appeasment. They persuaded the Czechs to surrender the Sudetenland to Germany.
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Hitler and Stalin announced a non-agression pact. they decided to divide up Poland and other parts of Eastern Europe between them.
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The blitzkrieg used improved tank and airpower technology to strike against the enemy Poland. This was also known as "lightning war."
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Operation Sea Lion was the invasion of Britain. In preperation Hitler launched air strikes against the nation.
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High explosives and firebombs were dropped across the capital of London. The bombing lasted 57 nights in a row.
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Hitler nullified the Natzi-Soviet Pact by invading the Soviet Union. Hitler did this for the vast resources that the Soviet Union had.
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A surprise attack on the American fleet at Pearl Harbor. It destroyed battleships and aircrafts. This was the reason for American involvment in World War II.
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Also known as the island hopping campaign the US defeated island to island to get closer to Japan.
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FDR, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin met and agreed to focus on finishing the war in Europe before trying to end the war in Asia.
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The "Big Three" agreed agreed to enter in a war with Japan within 3 months of Germanys surrender.
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Just before midnight, allied planes dropped paratroopers on enemy territory. At dawn thousands of shipes sailed Allied troops across the English Channel. This was the US's plan to invade France in order to get closer to Germany.
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The UN would play a greater role in world affairs.
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The war ended the day before this. They call this day Victory in Europe.
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Manhattan Project was code name for the Atomic Bomb. Allied scientists and some German and Italian refugees conducted this research. The successfully tested the first bomb in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Truman warned Japan they should surrender but they refused.
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The A-Bomb was first dropped on Hiroshima. When Japan still refused to surrender the US droped another one on Nagasaki.
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This document was written to try to contain comunisn and keep it from spreading across the country.
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The soviets were angery at the Western's decision to rebuild the German economy and refuse to give them further reparations.
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This plan was used to strengthen democracy so they could beat communism. The US offered money and aid to help countries restabalize and bounce back.
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Countries agreed and pledged to help eachother if any one of them were attacked.
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The Soviet' s own union in response to NATO.
