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Anschluss of Austria
This is where Germany creates a union with Austria -
Munich Conference
The British and the French convince the Czechs to give up Sudetenland to appease Hitler -
Nazi-Soviet Pact
An agreement between Germany and the Soviet Union in 1939 in which promised not to fight each other and to divide eastern Europe -
Blitzkrieg
Hitler orders to have a lightning war on Norway to Belgium -
Operation Sea lion
Hitler invades Britain. The operation lasted from August to September -
Operation Barbarossa
Hitler breaks the Nazi-Soviet pact and invades Prussia to take over their vast natural resources -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
A surprise attack on American soil that killed 2,400 people and the reason America entered WW2 -
Battle of Coral sea
The goal of the U.S was to defeat Japan by one island at a time ( -
The big "3" meet
F.D.R, Winston Churchill, and Stalin meet to whether to fight in Europe or in the Pacific first -
D-Day Assault
The day the allies invade France -
Yalta conference
Meeting between Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin in February 1945 making agreements regarding the end of the war -
Hitler Dies
Adolf Hitler commits suicide -
V.E day
Victory in Europe day, the day the allies won the war. -
Manhattan Project
The code name for A-bomb Truman warned Japan that they should surrender because of WMD that the U.S had -
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Japan refuses to surrender twice resulting in the U.S dropping A-bombs until the 9th of August -
Truman doctrine adopted
United States policy established in 1947 of trying to contain communism -
Marshall plan enacted
Aid package offered by the U.S to Europe to help countries rebuild after WW2 -
NATO signed
Countries pledged to help one another if anyone is attacked -
Division of Germany
The Soviets are angry about having to help the western half of Germany as the U.S helps the east side -
Warsaw
Mutual defense alliance between the Soviet Union and seven satellites states in Eastern Europe set up in 1955
