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Germany invades Poland
German leader, Hitler, was determined to invade Poland. When signing the German Soviet Nonagression Pact, secretly Germany and the Soviet Union decided to divide Poland between themselves. A few days later, Germany decided to attack Poland. -
Stalin attacks Finland
extorted territorial views. -
Germany attacks France
code name: Case Yellow. Sneak attack prosumed by Germany, leading to Belgium and the Netherlands surrendering in May. -
Winston Churchill became Prime Minister of Great Britain
The citizens of Great Britain liked him a lot. -
Lend-Lease Act
When the US aided its World War II allies with war materials. -
Battle of Britain
Germany's attempt to over take the Royal Air Force, otherwise known as Britain's airforce. This attempt failed, thus stopping Germany from invading Britain. -
Hitler Takes Over The Balkans
Hitler seized control over the Balkans in order to protect ethnic Germans living there, or so he claimed. -
German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union
A " lightning war" in which the Germans suprised the Soviet Union with an unplanned war in which dive bombers, tanks, and motorized atillery were all used in order to attack the Soviet Union. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
A suprise aerial attack brought on by Japanese attacking the United State's naval base, Pearl Harbor. -
Battle of El Alamein
Held between British and German forces. -
Holocaust
The genocide of millions of Jews by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during World War II. -
Battle of Midway
This battle was fought almost entirely with aircraft. Also, the US destroyed Japan's first-line carrier strength. -
Battle of Stalingrad
This battle ended up stopping the German advance into the Soviet Union and marked the turning point of the war in favor of the allies. -
Guadalcanal
A series of battles on Guadalcanal Island in which the Allied and Japenese forces fought each other. -
Tehran Conference
The main topic of the meeting was to discuss opening a 2nd front in Western Europe. -
D-Day
The Normandy invasion of Western Europe. -
Yalta Conference
A major World War II conference held by 3 chief allied leaders planning to defeat Nazi Germany. -
Franklin Rossevelt's death
Frankiln passed away in Warm Springs. GA due to a cerebral hemorrhage. -
Mussolini's Assassination
Murdered by partisans, along with his mistress, Clara Petacci. -
Hitler's Suicide
Hitler went to his room and shot himself. -
Potsdam Conference
An Allied conference discussing the substance and procedures of peace in Europe. -
The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Lead by the US, an atomic bomb was dropped on the Japenese city Hiroshima. Three days later a bomb was yet again dropped on Nigasaki. -
Nuremburg Trials
These trials tried former Nazi leaders as war criminals by the International Military Tribunal. -
McArthur's Plan For Japan
McArthur wanted to rebuild the country, reform its government, and start large- scale buisnesses. -
Japanese internment camps
During World War 2, hundreds of Japanese Americans fled from their homes to continue life living in these camps. -
Formation of the United Nations
The United Nation aims to save future generations from the harsh dilemmas brought on by war. -
Cold War
The rivalry between the US and Soviet Union started this untimely event in histroy. -
Berlin Airlift
Meant to force the Western Allied forces to abandon their jurisdictions in West Berlin. -
Marshall Plan
A program designed to rehabilitate 17 western and southern European countrie's economies in order to create democratic institutions. -
Berlin Wall
This wall stood as a barrier, surrounding West Berlin and preventing access to East Berlin. A main reason for this seperation between East and West Germany is due to the fact East Germany was communist and the West was democratic. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
This confrontration brought the US and Soviet Uniion close to war due to the Soviet's missiles in Cuba.
