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The Holocaust
Hilter felt that the Aryan race was the ideal human race. He felt that the Jews were imperfection and that they poisoned his perfect race. Because of his want for a utopia, he ordered the death of over 6 million Jews. -
Munich Conference
Was a long serious of negotiations between Allie ans Axis powers. Adolf Hitler had demanded the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia. Although the British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain tried to talk him out of it. It would make since there where already 3 million Germans living in the new part of Czechoslvakia at the time of the debates. -
Non-Aggression Pact
Hitler and Stalin surprised the world when they announced a pact between themselves. The arrangement allowed Hitler to launch his forces against Poland knowing that he would not suffer from Russian interference. Furthermore he would be free to turn to West without worrying about his Eastern front in due. The clause dividing Poland with Russia remained secret until the moment Russian troops marched into Poland on the 17th September. -
Germany invades Poland
Germany and Russia agreed to share Poland in the Non-Agression Pact. But, because of Hitler's want to expand Germany's territory, he invaded Poland. Not only did this make Poland angry, but it also made Russia angry. This is what started World War Two. -
Blitzkreig
This term, also known as "lightning warfare", describes the type of warfare used during WW2. It is descrined as fast, powerful infantry warfare. Once in the enemy's territory, they proceed to dislocate them using speed and surprise, and then encircle them. The first use of this warfare surprised enemies and was very effective. -
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Battle of Britain
Was the successful defence of Great Britian agianst a ruthless and destructive German Air Force (Luftwaffe). In the event the Royal Air Force whose victory not only blocked the possiblity of a invasion but they also created the condtions for Great Britians. Shortly after Germany's armeed forces completed their blitzkrieg invasion on France. -
Lend-Lease Act
This was a program under which the United States supplied Free France, Great Britain, the Republic of China, and later the USSR and other Allied nations with food, oil, and materiel between 1941 and August 1945. This permitted USA to supply their allies with goods without being involved in a battle. -
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa was the code name for Germany's invasion of Russia. This operation was driven by Hitler's want to conquer Russia, which was described in his novel, Mein Kampf. This marked the beginning of the rapid escalation of the war militarily and geographically. -
Pearl Harbor
"A day that will live in infamy' said by Franklin D. Rooselvelt when the Japanese conducted a surprise attack upon the Navy military base on the island of Oahu,Hawaii. The assult claimed the lives of 2,500 people, 18 American ships where destroyed as well as 300 airplanes. This attack showed that the United States was and infact vunerable to bleed as a nation . As a result this was the immediate cause for the United States to enter into World War II. -
Bataan Death March
The Bataan Death March was the forciable transfer of prisoners of war (Americans 66,000,Filipinos 10,000) across the Philippines by the Japanese military. The captives were beaten, shot, bayoneted, and, in many cases, beheaded.A large number of those who made it to the camp later died of starvation and disease. -
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Battle of Midway
Six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States defeated Japan in one of the most decisive naval battles of World War II. Thanks in part to major advances in code breaking, the United States was able to preempt and counter Japan’s planned ambush of its few remaining aircraft carriers, inflicting permanent damage on the Japanese Navy. An important turning point in the Pacific campaign, the victory allowed the United States and its allies to move into an offensive position. -
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Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia, on the eastern boundary of Europe. -
D-Day
D Day was the invasion of Normady Beach June 6, 1944. The invasion was one of the largest amphibious military assaults in history and required extensive planning. It resulted in Allied victory/liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany control. -
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Battle of the Bulge
In December 1944, Adolph Hitler attempted to split the Allied armies in northwest Europe by means of a surprise blitzkrieg thrust through the Ardennes to Antwerp. Caught off-guard, American units fought desperate battles to stop the German advance. -
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Battle of Iwo Jima
The American invasion of Iwo Jima during World War II stemmed from the need for a base near the Japanese coast. Three U.S. marine divisions landed there. Iwo Jima was defended by roughly 23,000 Japanese army and navy troops, who fought from an elaborate network of caves, dugouts, tunnels and underground installations. Despite the difficulty of the conditions, the marines wiped out the defending forces -
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Battle of Okinawa
Last and biggest of the Pacific island battles of World War II, the Okinawa campaign involved the troops of the U.S. Tenth Army against 130,000 soldiers of the Japanese Thirty-second Army.Air bases vital to Japanese invasion were at stake. By the end of the campaign, Japan had lost more than 77,000 soldiers and the Allies had suffered more than 65,000 casualties,including 14,000 dead. -
V-E Day
V-E day was the day marking the Allied victory in Europe in World War II. This was celebrated due to the formal uncondtional surrender of the German armies. This officially marked the end of World War Two in Europe. -
The Bombing of Hiroshima/Nagasaki
The United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The two bombings, which killed at least 129,000 people, remain the only use of nuclear weapons for warfare in history. USA dropped them basically because we wanted Japan to know war wasn't a game to us. It ended a war that could have lasted a lot longer. -
Warsaw Pact
This was a defense treaty among eight different communist countries during the Cold War. This pact followed the integration of West Germany into NATO. This was primarily motivated by Soviet desires to maintain control over military forces in Central and Eastern Europe; in turn meant to maintain peace in Europe.
