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Japan Invades China
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The Holocaust
The Holocaust was the mass genocide of the Jewish people. The Germans destroyed there homes, businesses and then killed them. -
Munich Conference
A settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia along the country's borders mainly inhabited by German speakers, for which a new territorial designation "Sudetenland" was thought of. -
German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact
Agreement between the Soviet Union and Germany to have peace. Germany used this treaty to make sure they could invade poland unapposed. -
Germany Invades Poland
Germany invaded poland using a style of combat called Blitzkrieg. -
Blitzkrieg (used in the Invasion of Poland)
Translated to "lightning war", Blitzkrieg was a method of warfare where an attacking force spearheaded by a dense concentration of armoured and motorized or mechanized infantry formations, and heavily backed up by close air support, forces a breakthrough into the enemy's line of defense through a series of short, fast, powerful attacks. -
Battle of Britain
Second World War air campaign waged by the German Air Force against the United Kingdom. The German's objective was to gain air superiority over the RAF. -
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Lend-Lease Act
A program in which the United States supplied China, France, and Great Britain with supplies throughout the war -
Operation Barbarossa
Beginning of Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union. -
The Attack on Pearl Harbor
The Attack on Pear l Harbor was a Japanese surprise attack on the naval base Pearl Harbor. This attack led the United States into World War II. -
Wannsee Conference
Meeting of senior of officials of Nazi Germany to ensure the cooperation of administrative leaders of various government departments in the implementation of the final solution to the Jewish question, whereby most of the Jews of German-occupied Europe would be deported to Poland and murdered. -
Bataan Death March
The Bataan Death March was the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war after the three-month Battle of Bataan in the Philippines during World War II. -
Battle of Midway
A fight in the pacific where the United States decoded and figured out the location of a surprise attack on the United States by the Japanese. The United States instead set up an ambush against Japan. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Major battle where Germany fought the Soviet Union for control over the city Stalingrad -
D-Day
On June 6, 1944, more than 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline, to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. More than 5,000 Ships and 13,000 aircraft supported the D-Day invasion, and by day’s end, the Allies gained a foot-hold in Continental Europe. The cost in lives on D-Day was high. More than 9,000 Allied Soldiers were killed or wounded.but their sacrifice allowed more than 100,000 Soldiers to cross Europe. -
Battle of the Bulge
A German campaign launched through Belgium, France and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe. Hitler planned the offensive with the primary goal to recapture the important harbour of Antwerp. United States forces bore the brunt of the attack and incurred the highest casualties for any operation during the war.This surprise attack caught the Allied forces completely off guard. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
Fight in which United States fought The Japanese Empire for the island Iwo Jima -
Battle of Okinawa
A battle that lasted 82 days and was a long campaign of island hopping, the allies were approaching Japan and planned to use an island called Okinawa as an air base for the planned invasion of the Japanese Mainland. -
Victory in Europe Day
Germany's surrender -
Bombing of Hiroshima
The United States dropped a uranium gun type bomb on Hiroshima killing over 90,000 people -
Victory Over Japan Day
Japan surrendered on this day after the atom bombs were dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima. -
Bombing of Nagasaki
The United States dropped a Plutonium Fission Bomb on Nagasaki killing up to 60,000-90,000 people. -
Warsaw Pact
A collective defense treaty between 8 communist countries
