WW2

Mussolini's Assasination

Apr 7, 1926

The bullett used to try to assisinate him,missede his head and passed his nose

Holocaust

Jan 1, 1933

Hitler tortured and killed millions of Jews

Germany invades Poland

Sep 1, 1939

Hitler wanted to take over lost territory

German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union

Sep 1, 1939

A new military tactic

Stalin Attacks Finland

Dec 1, 1939

Planned for a long time and Stalin failed

Winston Churchill becomes PM of Britian

May 10, 1940

Most dominant figure in British politics

Germany attacks France

Jun 22, 1940

France signed an armistice

Battle Of Britian

Jul 10, 1940

Struggle between German Luftwaffe and British Royal Airforce

Lend-Lease Act

Mar 11, 1941

Promoted the defense of the United States

Hitler takes over Balkans

Apr 1, 1941

Hitker wanted to expand the amount of space he needed to invade the USSR

Bombing of Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

Japan bombed the US bringing them into the war

Formation of the UN

Jan 1, 1942

The Axis powers met in Washington to sign the Declaration of the United Nations

Japanese internment camps

Feb 19, 1942

A camp where you were forced to evacuate your house within 48 hours

Battle of Midway

Jun 4, 1942

One of the the most decisive battles of WW2

Battle of Stlanigrad

Jul 17, 1942

Considered to be the turning point in WW2

Guadalcanal

Aug 7, 1942

Opponents suffered high losses in aircraft and ships

Battle of El Alamein

May 1, 1943

Fought in the deserts of North Africa

Tehran Conference

Dec 1, 1943

Coordinated muilitary startegy against Germany and Japan

D-Day

Jun 6, 1944

156,000 forces came together to battle

Yalta Conference

Feb 4, 1945

Talked about future decisions regarding the war

F.D.R's Death

Apr 12, 1945

Had brain hemmorage that killed him in minutes

Hitler's Suicide

Apr 30, 1945

Commits suicide by swallowing a cyanide capsule and shooting himself in the head

Potsdam Conference

Jul 16, 1945

Discussed post-war arrangements

Atomic bomb on Hiroshima & Nagasaki

Aug 6, 1945

US bombed them and flattened their land. Killed tens of thousands of civillians

McArthur's plan for Japan

Sep 2, 1945

McArthur and his staff worked to rebuild the country

Nuremberg Trials

Nov 20, 1945

13 trials carried out in Nuremberg and they were crimes against peace and crimes against humanity

Marshall Plan

Jun 5, 1947

Intended to rebuild the economies and spirits of western Europe