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Germany invades Poland
german invasion of Poland officially starts World War II -
Stalin attacks Finland
Finland resists but falls to the Soviet Union -
Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister of Britian
Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister after disagreeing with his predecessor -
Germany attacks France
France surrendered after little resistance. -
The Battle of Britian
The German attemptted to overthrow British air force in order to invade Britian. -
Lend-Lease Act
United States supplies Allies with materials during World War II without participating in the war -
Hitler takes over the Balkans
Germany takes over the Balkans and surrounding areas -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Event which brought the United States into World War II -
Holocaust
Systematic killing of Jewish people by the Nazi Party -
Japanese internment camps
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Battle of Midway
United States defeats Japan in the Pacific; turning point of the War -
Battle of El Alamein
German troops attack British forces -
Battle of Stalingrad
Germany vs Soviet union; Soviets won by surrounding the city and trapping German troops inside -
German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union
Lightning War on Soviet Union at Stalingrad -
Guadalcanal
First victory of America on Japan in the south Pacific -
Tehran Conference
Disscusion between American, British, and Russian leaders about plans of attack -
D-Day
the invasion of German-occupied Frane -
Yalta Conference
Meeting between FDR, Churchill, and Stalin to plan the final defeat and occupation of Germany -
F.D.R's death
President of the United States died by polio -
Mussolini's assassination
Italian communists killed Mussolini after his fall of power -
Hitler's suicide
Hitler killed himself after the defeat of World War II -
Atomic Bomb of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan in order to end the war completely -
Nuremburg Trials
Trials of Nazi leaders -
Formation of the U.N.
Union formed in order to keep peace ad security within the world -
McArther's Plan for Japan
Island hopping in the Pacific -
Cold War
Post-WWII Rivalry between United States and Soviet Union -
Marshall Plan
Plan to rebuild Eastern European countries to prevent the spread of communism -
Berlin Airlift
United States and Britian drop supllies to West Berlin -
Berlin Wall
Wall built to keep East Berlin resident is the east side of the city -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Soviet Union placed nuclear missles in Cuba to threaten the United States
