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Germany invades Poland
Hitler wanted more land. It was the start of World War 2. -
Stalin Attacks Finland
Stalin failed to get Finland to his own empire. -
Germany Invades France
Defeat of Hitler -
Battle of Britain
The war began on the 10th of July and end on the 31st of October. -
Lend-Lease Act
A way for the U.S. to give aid to foreign nations during the war. -
Hitler takes over the Balkans
He wanted the Balkans to expand his amount of area available for his invasion of the USSR in 1941. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
A surprise air attack was launched by the Japanese onto the U.S. naval base Pearl Harbor. It caused the U.S. to join World War 1. -
Battle of El Almein
Fought in the deserts of North Africa. One of the decisive victories of WW2. July 1 to 27, 1942. -
Battle of Stalingrad
A major battle in WW2 in which Nazi Germany fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad. Fought from July 1942 to February 1943. -
Guadalcanal
The Battle of Guadalcanal was in 1942 and happened when the US Marines landed on August 7th. Codenamed “Operation Watchtower” by allied forces. -
Japanese Internment Camps
The Japanese were relocated here. "America's concentration camps." -
Tehran Conference
Meeting in 1943 in Tehran to discuss strategy. November 28 to Dec. 1. -
Battle of Midway
The most important naval battle of the Pacific Campaign of WW2. June 2, 1944. -
D-Day
Invasion of Normandy, France. -
Yalta Conference
WW2 meeting between the heads of the state of the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union. Started on the 4th of February and ended on the 11th of February 1945. -
FDR's death
FDR died of cerebral hemrage on the 12th of April in 1945 at warm springs. -
Hitler's Suicide
Hitler shot himself on April 30, 1945. -
Holocaust
1941 to 1945
Huge murder/elimination of over 6 million Jews. -
Mussolini's Assassination
He and his wife were shot by Italian partisans. -
German Blitzkrieg
The German Blitzkrieg was a military tactic based on speed and surprise. -
Formation of the U.N.
The United Nations was founded in 1945 after WW2 to replace the League of Nations. -
Nuremburg Trials
A series of trials held in Nuremberg, Germany from 1945 to 1949 where the allies prosecuted German military leaders, political officials, and industrialists. -
McArthur's Plan for Japan
A plan for the invasion of Japan. -
Potsdam Conference
Held in Potsdam, Germany near Berlin. Held at Cecilienhof. It was an allied conference. The purpose was to clarify and implement agreements previously reached at the Yalta conference. July 17 to August 2. -
Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The bombings were conducted by the United States in the final stages of World War 2 in 1945. -
Cold War
It was between the United States and the Soviet Union. 1947 to 1991. -
Marshall Plan
The American Program to aid Europe. 1948. -
Berlin Airlift
Airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to the citizens of west Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin. -
Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister
Winston Chruchill is Prime Minister. He died in 1965. -
Berlin Wall
A guarded wall built between east and west Berlin by the communist authorities. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
This was the closest the world ever came to a nuclear war.
