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Nazi-Soviet Treaty
Adolf Hitler, and Soviet Prime minister Molotov-Ribbentrop sign a treaty pact between the two nations -
Kristallnacht
"The night of broken glass" the night where the nazis broke every jewish object they could find -
Nazi Invasion of Poland
On this date Warsaw surrendered to the Germans after heavy bombing -
The Fall of France
France falls to the Nazis -
The Battle of Dunkirk
This battle was an attempt to give more time to evacuate soldiers -
The Battle of Britain
Germany bombs england for three and a half months -
The Atlantic Charter
the atlantic charter is the blueprint for the world after WWII -
Pearl Harbor
The japenese fleet suprised attacked the military base at pearl harbor bring the US into WWII -
Coral Sea
The Japanese fought the US and Australia in the Coral Sea -
Battle of Midway
6 months after Pearl Harbor the US codebreakers uncovered a plan to attack the US Pacific Fleet. Since we knew the japanese plan we were able to plan a more effective strategy. The battle resulted in permenant damage to the japenese fleet -
The Battle of Stalingrad
The battle of Stalingrad was one of the toughest battles in WWII, The russians were willing to fight until the last man for the city, and Hitler hated Stalin so much that he was willing to throw his men into the pointless battle -
Operation Torch
The allies invaded French occupied North Africa. This was the first time both american and british troops fought side by side -
D Day
The beach of Normandy was the sight of the largest amphibian invasion of all time -
Battle of the Bulge
The allies attempt to counter the blitzkrieg that Hitler was using to push allied forces back. The shape of the battle was a bulge -
Battle of Iwo Jima
American forces fought a bloody battle for a seemingly unusable island that was originally planned to be used aa a base for a land invasion of Jpan -
V-E
The day the allies won the war in europe -
The Bombing of Nagasaki
The US dropped Lttle Boy on Nagasaki -
The Bombing of Hiroshima
The US bombed Hiroshima killing 80,000 people -
V-J Day
The day Japan unconditionally surrendered -
Nuremberg Trials
The Allies tried the most important leaders of the Nazi regieme at these trials
