World War Two

By ryanf173
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    The Shoah

    Another way the "Holocaust" is named. It is used by the Jewish community because Shoah means "catastrophe" and the word Holocaust really means "sacraficial offering". So since the Shoah is the Holocaust, it began when Hitler was first appointed chanceller of Germany in 1933.

  • Blitzkrieg

    The invasion of Poland by Germany.
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    World War II & after

  • The first Jewish Ghetto

    The first large ghetto of World War II at Piotrków Trybunalski. The Ghettos were walled off, and any Jew found leaving them was shot.

  • Battle of the Atlantic

    Navel and air battles that happened in the Atlantic. Hitler couldnt use the Blitzcrieg stratogy, since they were fighting in an island, which is why he was unsuccessful.

  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a US naval base in a Hawaii island. This is one of the main reasons the US got into World War 2.
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    Japanese-American Internment

    The internment for the Japanese Americans mainly on the pacific coast of America, was a relocation to war camps short after the attack on pearl harbor. As much as 110,000 people were interned in the west side of America. 150,000 of Japanese Americans were comprimized in Hawaii, about a 3rd of the population. More than 60% of the Japanese in the camps were legal citizens

  • Operation Torch

    Operation Torch was the British-American invasion of French North Africa during the North African Campaign durring Wrold War 2. World War 2 was mainly fought in Europe, Russia, North Africa, and Asia.

  • Battle of Normandy

    This started the invasion of German-occupied western Europe during World War II by the Allied forces. Operation Overlord which is the code name for the Battle of Normandy,

  • United Nations

    International partnership between participating countries that try to settle national problems peacfully.

  • Iwo Jima

    US Marines attacked the island of Iwo Jima. Even though US won the battle which lasted 6 weeks, there was alot of deaths. This battle really weekend the Japanese troops. More than 20,000 Japanese soldiers were killed.

  • Little Boy

    One of the two atomic bombs dropped in Japan 4 years after the attack of Pearl Harbor.Little boy was dropped in Hiroshima.

  • Fat Man

    The second of the two atomic bombs that was dropped in Japan for the main reason of Pearl Harbor. Just 3 days later, Fat Man was dropped in Nagasaki.
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    Nuremberg Trials

    Trials held by the "Allied forces" after the defeat and surrender of Germany and Japan. It's main focus was to sentance mainly the military, political, and economic leaders of the Nazi party. These trials were held in the State of Nuremberg,Germany.

  • The creation of Isreal

    Because of zionism, a movement for Jews seeking there own land they can call home after the events of the Holocaust, Isreal was created by the United Nations.