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Germany invades Poland
Hitler order the invasion of Poland at 12:40 -
Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister
Churchill becomes Prime Minister in 1940-1945 -
Germany attacks France
Germany takes over France! -
Lend-Lease Act
United States aided allies in Europe with war materials. -
Battle of Britain
The continuous bombing of Britain by German aircraft. -
Holocaust
The mass murder of 6 million jews, mentally handicapped, and homosexuals in Nazi Germany -
Attack of Pearl Harbor
The Japanese attack the headquarters of the American Pacific Fleet. -
Japanese Internment
Japanese Americans were sent to internment camps as a "Safety Precaution" to prevent Japanese Espionage. -
Battle of Midway
World War II naval battle fouight mainly with aircraft -
Battle of Stalingrad
Successful Soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad -
GUadacanal
Series of World War II land and sea clashes between Allied and Japanese forces -
Battle of El Alamein
The battle where the British took the offense in Egypt -
Tehran Conference
An Allied Conferene debating whether a "second front" should be opened. -
D-Day
The Allied invasion of Normandy, France. -
Nuremburg Trials
Nazi leaders were sent to court, found guilty, and were sentenced to death. -
Yalta Conference
Major world conference of WWII -
F.D.R.'s Death
Franklin D. Roosevelt died from polio. -
Mussolini's Assassination
The people didn't like him so they killed him I assume. -
Hitler's Suicide
One gun+One Adolf Hitler= Suicide -
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The two mainlands of Japan were bombed by the good ole USA. -
Potsdam Conference
An Allied Conference involving President Truman, Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin trying to discuss peace settlements in Europe. -
Formation of the U.N.
The United Nations was formed as the second multipurpose international organization -
Cold War
The rivalry between Soviet Russia and America after WWII -
Marshall Plan
A program made to help rebuild the economies of 17 Euroupean Countries affected by the war. -
Berlin Wall
A wall built in order to keep West Berlin and East Berlin seperated because of communism. -
Cuban Missle Crisis
Major confrontation that brought the United States and the Soviet Union close to war over the presence of Soviet nuclear-armed missiles in Cuba.
