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Munich Peace Conference
Allies settelled with Hitler abut the annexation in Czechoslovakia
In the picture, Hitler greeted Prime Minister Chamberlain -
Nazi-Soviet Pact
Also called the Molotov–Ribbentrop pact
Hitler betrayed this pact -
German Invasion of Poland
This began a whole war
Germany practiced Blitzkrieg, or lightning war -
Miracle of Dunkirk
the evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbor of Dunkirk, France
between 26 May and 4 June 1940, -
Battle of Britain
was a combat of the Second World War, when the Royal Air Force (RAF) defended the United Kingdom (UK) against the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) attacks from the end of June 1940 from 10 July until 31 October 1940 -
Atlantic Charter
joint declaration released by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on August 14, 1941 -
Attack of Pearl Harbor
Battle of Pearl Harbor,[9] the Hawaii Operation or Operation AI by the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters,[10][11] and Operation Z during planning,[12] was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, on the morning of December 7, 1941. The attack led to the United States' entry into World War II. -
The Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was a decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II.[7][8][9] Between 4 and 7 June 1942, -
Battle of Stalingrad
major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad -
Operation Torch
was the British-American invasion of French North Africa during the North African Campaign of the Second World War which started on 8 November 1942. -
Soft Underbelly Campaign
an invasion of Italy, which British Prime Minister Winston Churchill called the “soft underbelly of Europe.” -
D Day
Normandy landings (codenamed Operation Neptune) were the landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 (termed D-Day) of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. -
Battle of the Bulge
the last major German offensive campaign of World War II. It was launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg on the Western Front towards the end of World War II -
Yalta Conference
sometimes called the Crimea Conference and codenamed the Argonaut Conference, held from February 4 to 11, 1945, -
FDR dies in Office
Last president to die in office
Elected 4 times -
V-E Day
The day when Hitler committed suicide and the Germans admitted defeat -
Postdam Conference
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Atom Bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Fat Man and Little Boy dropped on August 6 and August 9, 1945 -
VJ Day
day on which Japan surrendered in World War II -
Okinawa
third of the civilian population die, a quarter of the civilian population died during the 1945 Battle of Okinawa alone -
Iwo Jima
an island of the Japanese Volcano Islands chain south of the Ogasawara Islands and together with them form the Ogasawara Archipelago also known as the Bonin Islands home to a major military base
