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Anschluss of Austria
Union of Austria to Germany orchestrated by
Hitler -
Munich Conference
British and French convinced the Czechs to
give up Sudentenland to appease Hitler -
Nazi-Soviet Pact
An agreement between Hitler and Stalin to
keep peace between each country -
Operation Sea Lion and Blitz on London
Hitler invades Britain -
Operation Sea Lion and Blitz on London
Hitler invades Britain -
Hitler launches blitzkrieg on Norway and Belgium
Hitler orders a “lighting war” or constant bombing on
Norway and Belgium -
Hitler enacts Operation Barbarossa
Hitler breaks the Nazi-Soviet Pact and invades Soviet
Union to take over their vast natural resources -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
A surprise attack on American soil that killed 2,400
people and the reason America entered WWII -
Japan loses the Battle of the Coral Sea (island hopping campaign)
A goal of the US to defeat the Japanese one island at a
time and allowed them to move north. -
The “Big 3” Meet
FDR, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin meet and
decided to first fight the war in Europe and then in the
Pacific (Japanese) -
D-Day Assault
Us invades France to defeat the Germans -
Adolf Hitler commits suicide
Hitler Dies -
V-E Day
Victory in Europe! -
First Test of the Manhattan Project/Truman Warns Japan to Surrender
A code name for the A-bomb. Truman warned Japan
that they should surrender because of the WMD that
the US had. -
US drops A-Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Japan refuses to surrender twice and the US drops the A-
bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki -
US drops A-Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Japan refuses to surrender twice and the US drops the A-
bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki -
US drops A-Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Japan refuses to surrender twice and the US drops the A-
bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki -
Truman Doctrine Adopted
A doctrine named after President Truman to contain communism. -
Marshall Plan Enacted
To beat communism and strengthen democracy, the US offered money or aid packages to help countries rebuild. -
NATO Signed
Countries pledged to help one another if any one of them were attacked. -
Warsaw Pact
The Soviet’s responded to NATO and formed their own military alliances.
