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Kellogg-Briand Pact
The Kellogg-Briand pact was an international agreement that countries would not use war to resolve conflicts. The pact broke when China began attacking the states. -
Lacarno Pact
A pact made in Lacarno, Switzerland. The pact was for the agreement that european countries, Italy, Germany, France, Belgium, and Great Britain would keep peace in Western Europe. Germany broke the pact when it attacked and took over Czechoslovakia. -
Geneva Convention
A series of meetings was held to discuss the rules of war such as protecting wounded and/or sick soldiers on land. -
Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
Non agression pact between Soviet Union and Nazi Germany, the agreement was for no military action against each other for the next ten years. Hitler used the pact as a tactic to invade Poland. The pact was broken in 1941 when the Nazis invaded the Soviet Union. Also in the pact was a secret agreement to later divide Western Europe between the two countries. -
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Segregation of Armed Forces
For a long while colored men were not allowed to fight the fight of America's wars. Up until Eisenhower made a change colored men assisted the war effort by making ammo and other utilities for soldiers. Dwight D. Eisenhower, a military strategist saw the number of soldiers was dwindling, to solve this problem he decided to allow colored men on the battlefield to fight for their freedom. The campaign for the colored man's ability to fight was coined as 'Double Victory' for -
Eisenhower appointed as Supreme Allied Commander
Dwight D. Eisenhower was a military strategist for the U.S. He put together war plans against Nazi-Germant and Japan. Among his decisions was allowing colored men in the fight to increase soldier numbers. After the war Eisenhower came into the presidency for a total of 8 years. -
Operation Torch
Operation Torch was the allied invasion of French North Africa. The invasion helped to make a second front for the war effort. -
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Japanese Internment Camps
After the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, Americans felt their safety was in question around Japanese-Americans. Because of the worries of the people, the government relocated Japanese-Americans in internment camps acrossed the states. The relocation was viewed as a test of the Japanese-Americans loyalty to the U.S. -
Italy's Departure from the Axis Powers
When Mussolini was killed Italy officially left the Axis Powers as well as American involvement in the war. -
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Dumbarton Oaks Conference
A series of meetings held at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington D.C. The meetings discussed the making of an international peace organization (to be the United Nations). The first few meetings discussed the basis of the organization, later meetings discussed the organizations relation to the League of Nations. -
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Post-War Occupation of Japan
After the 2nd World War, allies helped to reform Japan. The goal was to help to stabilize the Japanese economy without them militarizing. -
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Potsdam Conference
Held in Potsdam, Germany, after German surrender. The Potsdam Conference was held to decide how to punish Nazi Germany. Also discussed were peace treaties and reformation. -
Marshall Plan
A recovery program devloped by the American politician, Secretary of State, George C.Marshall. In order to clean up after WWII, countries would come up with loans to help those affected by the war. The significance of the Marshall Plan was not only the building up from the ruins but also that is was aside from efforts made post WWI to clean up the war's wreckage.