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Munich Pact
Turned Sudetenland over to Germany without firing a shot -
Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
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Cash & Carry
This allowed warring nations to buy US arms if they paid cash and transported them using their own ships. -
Battle of Britain
Germans began assemble an invasion fleet but since their naval power could not compete with Britain, they also launched an air war. The British Royal Air Force fought back strongly with their new technology (radar). -
Lend Lease Act
The US would lend/lease arms and other supplies to countries whose defense is vital to US. -
Pearl Harbor
Japan sent a suprise attack on US Pearl Harbor -
Battle of Stalingrad
Hitler wanted to capture Soviet oil fields in Caucasus Mountains and to wipe out Stalingrad -- major industrial center on the Volga River. Soviets planned to trrap Germans in to wipe them out but in turn Germany surrendered. -
D-Day
the largest land-sea-air mission in history -
Battle of the Bulge
Americans captured their first German town, Aachen. Hitler responded by ordering troops to break through the Allied Lines and to recapture the Belgian port of Antwerp. After a month of battle, Germans had been pushed back and events had turned. Nazis could only retreat after the losses. -
Yalta Conference
The Big Three (Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin) met at the Black Sea resort city of Yalta in the Soviet Union. For eight days, they discussed the fate of Germany and the postwar world. -
V-E Day
- General Eisenhower accepted the unconditional surrender of the Third Reich. The Allies celebrated Victory in Europe day. The war was finally over.
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Potsdam Conference
The Big Three met at the final wartime conference at Potsdam near Berlin. The Countries that participated were the same ones that had been present at Yalta, except Clement Attlee replaced Churchill mid-conference for Britain and Harry Truman took Roosevelt’s place for the US. They discussed what was previously said at Yalta -
Nuremberg Trials
- The discovery of Hitler’s death camps led the allies to put 24 surviving Nazi Leaders on trial for Crimes Against the Peace , War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity . Trials were held in the southern German town of Nuremberg up til October 1, 1946.