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Adolf Hitler Rises to Power
Adolf Hitler was named the chancellor of Germany and made the Nazis the most powerful party in the nation. -
Neutrality Act
Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Neutrality Act which imposed an embargo on the U.S. trading arms and war materials with war parties. -
Kristallnacht
The "night of broken glass", where anti-semitist riots broke out throughout Nazi Germany. -
The Manhattan Proect
The top secret scientific program put together in order to build an atomic bomb. -
Blitzkrieg
German for "lightning strike", used mobil forces and firepower to create disorder among enemy forces. -
Lend-Lease Act
An act pssed by congress allowing the U.S. to send weapons to Great Britain. -
The Bismarck
Great Britain sunk Germany's giant surface ship, the Bismarck. -
Pearl Harbor
Japan surprise attacked and devastated the American naval base at Pearl Harbor. Led to the U.S. entry into World War II. -
Operation Torch
The plan for British-American forces to invade the French North African countries of Morocco and Algeria. -
Atomic Bombs
Japanese emperor Hirohito announced Japan's surrender on the radio.