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Winston Churchill
The UK's prime minister -
Josef Stalin
leader of the USSR -
Benito Mussolini
Italy's leader. Before Hitler -
Adolf Hitler
leader after Mussolini. Wanted to get rid of all Jews. He started the Holocaust. -
Charles Degualle
A French general. leader of free french -
Fransisco Franco
Spanish leader -
Neville Chamberlain
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World War II
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Start and End of WorldWar II
The start and the end of WWII -
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The Holocaust
The murder of Jews in Germany and Poland. Hitler wanted to get rid of all European Jews. Killed over 6 Million jewish people. Hitler made the Jewish people work on concentration camps. Hitler numbered the Jewish people by tattooing a set of numbers and letters on their arm and that was their new name. When Hitler wanted to kill the Jewish people, he would put them in gassed chambers the majority of the time and after he had the dead bodies, he would burn them. -
Italian invasion of Ethiopia
Mussolini was the leader. He was upset about the loss between Italy and Ethiopia at the Battle of Adowa. -
Occupation of the Rhineland
Against the Treaty of Versailles. Thiswas the first illegal even that Hitler caused. -
The Spanish Civil War begins.
A military revolt started against the Second Spanish Republic -
Rome-Berlin-Tokoyo axis
Made a series of agreements between Germany and Italy in which they followed. -
Air Raid on Guernica
Nationalists wanted to over through the government of Spain led by Francisco Francio -
Air Raid on Guernica
Nationalists who were led by Franco to over throw Spain's government. -
The Anschluss
The political union of Austria and Germany.Got help from Hitler. -
The Anschluss
Austrian Nazi Pact. made by Hitler. -
Munich Conference 1938
Hitler wanted to make Sudetenland, part of Czechslovakia, territoy of Germany. He wanted Germany to be bigger. -
Annexion of Czechoslovakia
Hitler started to move his troops into Czechoslovakia. -
Nazi-Soviet Pact
Moltov signed the nazi pact -
Invasion of Poland
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Fall of France
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Formation of Vichy France
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Formation of Vichy France
French stopped army from leaving country and to stop fighting against Germany. -
Formation of Vichy France
The French government wanted to stop people from leaving their country from the army. France paid occupation costs of German soldiers. -
Formation of the "Free French"
fighting for liberty, led by Charles Gaulle -
Battle of Britain
Germany invades Britain. -
Operation Barbarossa
Code name for Germarny invading the Soviet Union -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
The Japanese dropped a bomb on in Hawaii. 2,4042 Americans were killed and 1282 Americans were injured. This caused the Americans to join WWII. -
Battle of Midway
The US vs. Japan battle. -
El Alamein
One of the wars that the Allied side won. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Allies fought the Soviet Union for Stalingrad. -
D-Day
Allied side attacked France -
Battle of the Bulge
Northeast France. Allies were working hard on keeping Germany out of fighting. -
Iwo Jima
One of the battles when the US invaded Japan. -
V-E Day
When the allies surrendered to Germany. -
Decision to use atomic weapons
U.S. killed over 70,000 people by dropping an atomic bomb over Hiroshima. Then U.S. dropped another atomic bomb on Nagasaki. The Japanese government was forced to surrender. -
V-J Day
When Japan surrendered from WWII -
Annexxion of Czechoslovakia
Hitler demanded Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia so that he could move his troops there. Persident Emil Hacha wanted to consolidate power