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World War II
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Benito Mussolini became the leader of Italy
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Joseph Stalin became the leader of the USSR
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Japan invaded Manchuria
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Holocaust began
The name of the German genocide of the Jewish people. -
FDR begain his Good Neighbor Policy
Foreign policy developed by FDR after the war that was focused on aid and rebuilding. -
Adolph Hitler became the leader of Germany
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Congress passed the Neutrality Acts
Acts passed to keep the US neutral in the rising turmoil in Europe and Asia -
Italy invaded Ethiopia
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European appeasement of Hitler began
European avoidance of Hitler -
Japan invaded China
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Kristallnacht
The name refers to a wave of violent anti-Jewish acts in Europe. -
Manhattan Project
The research project that developed the first atom bomb. -
Germany and Russia signed a nonaggression pact
Agreement between Nazis and Stalin not to attack each other. -
Germany began the blitzkrieg into Poland
Germany invaded Poland -
Battle of the Atlantic
The longest battle of WWII -
Cash and Carry
FDR policy allowing selling good abroad as long as they paid in cash and transported by their own means -
Churchill became the Prime Minister of Great Britain
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Battle of Britain
The name given to the WWII air campaign waged by the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) against the United Kingdom in 1940. -
The Tripartite Pact was signed
The Axis powers are formed as Germany, Italy, and Japan become allies with the signing of the Tripartite Pact in Berlin. -
Four Freedoms
FDR’S speech where he proposed four fundamental freedoms that people "everywhere in the world" ought to enjoy:
1. Freedom of speech
2. Freedom of worship
3. Freedom from want
4. Freedom from fear -
Tuskegee Airmen
The name of the first group of African-American pilots who fought in World War II. -
Development of Rosie the Riveter
The female icon of WWII representing the women working on the homefront in wartime industries. -
Lend Lease Act
This was a program where US supplied Great Britain, Soviet Union, China, France and other Allies with materials between 1941 and 1945 -
Atlantic Charter
Charter that defined the Allied goals for the post-war world. -
Nazis developed the Final Solution
The Nazi term used to mean to annihilate the Jewish people. -
OPA Created
Office of Price Administration was created to Control prices and rent. -
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
Japanese attack on US soil that led the US to enter the war. -
Double V
Double victory meant victory over the Axis and victory over racism. -
Japanese put in internment camps in the US
Order was signed by FDR to round up Japanese, and Japanese Americans and send to internment camps. Hostility rose from the war with Japan. -
Bataan Death March
The forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war. -
Doolittle Raids
US air raid on Toyko and other Japanese locations. -
WAAC formed
Women's Army Auxliary Corp-woman's branch of the US Army -
Navaho Code Talkers used
Navaho codes were the only codes that were not translated in WWII -
Battle of Midway
One of the most important naval battles of World War II -
Battle of Stalingrad
A major battle in World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of Stalingrad. -
Operation Torch
The British-American invasion of French North Africa in WWII -
Casablanca Conference
Conference held in Casablanca, Moroco to determine the strategy for the next phase of WWII -
Smith-Connally Anti-Strike Act
Allowed the government to seize and operate industries that were threatening to strike that would interfere with the war effort. -
Tehran Conference
A conference in Tehran, Iran that was a strategy meeting held between Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill. -
D-Day
The day of the Normandy landing the start to freeing Europe. -
MacArthur "returned" to the Philippines
MacArthur had promised he would return to the island and kept his promise. -
Battle of the Bulge
Surprise attack on our allies in Europe that became the costliest battle in World War II. -
Yalta Conference
The meeting of the US, Great Britain and the Soviet Union to discuss the post war reorganization. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The battle the US fought and won for the Japanese island of Iwo Jima. -
Battle of Okinawa
The largest amphibious assault in the Pacific during World War II -
FDR died
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V-E Day
Victory in Europe Day -
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
First atom bomb -
V-J Day
Victory over Japan Day- is a name chosen for the day on which Japan surrendered, in effect endingWorld War II. -
Nuremberg Trials
After the war, some of those responsible for crimes committed during the Holocaust were brought to trial. Nuremberg, Germany.
