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Nazi Germany killed more than 6 million jews.
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More than 26 nations at war gather to sign the Declaration of the United Nations.
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First major victory for the allies in the pacific.
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1.5 Million germans invade Poland, led by Nazi leader Adolf Hitler .
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"Lightning war". tactic designed to create disorganization among the enemy forces.
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Russia attacks and takes over most of Karelia in 1939.
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Churchill, First Lord of the Amiralty replaces Neville Chamberlain as Prime MInister.
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In the summer and fall of 1940 the german and british airforces fought in the skies of the UK. But Britains victory saved the country from the invasion of Germany.
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The balkans being in the center of conflict of the war, hitler takes over in 1940 because of its economic nature.
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The U.S provided a large amount of military supplies to the allies that war at war with Germany and Japan.
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On the morning of dec 7, 1941 hundreds of marines and civilians died because of the attack of the Japanese, this caused the formal declaration of war from the U.S.
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After pearl harbor, many Americans thought the japanese-americans living in the united states where spies, this led to the starting of internment camps where they were locked up.
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Major battle between Germany and allies against the soviet union to take one of its cities in the south of russia (stalingrad)
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This was fought in the desert of North Africa and led to the German surrender.
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Day in which the allies landed in the shore of Normandy beggining the liberation of western europe.
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Meeting between leaders: Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill to discuss strategies for winning WWII
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VIctory battle for the U.S thanks to the code breaking of the Japanese
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Second meeting during the war with the purpose to agree to demand Germany’s unconditional surrender and begin plans for a post-war world.
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Died in Warm Springs Ga after 4 terms in office, leaving his vice president Harry Truman in charge of the nation.
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A tense time period between Russia and the U.S, where they wouldn't have battles but one country would spy on the other.
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Benito Mussolini and Clara Petacci, are shot by Italian partisans who had captured the couple as they attempted to escape to Switzerland.
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Hitler commits suicide in Berlin one day after getting married with his longtime companion Eva.
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Last of the WWII meetings. The leaders came to various agreements on the German economy, punishments and land boundaries.They also demanded unconditional surrender” from Japan.
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First nuclear attack was on Hirsohima, but this did not make the Japanese surrender until the second bomb was dropped in Nagasaki.
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led by General Douglas MacArthur who was then in charge of the Supreme command of Allied Powers, he planned to punish and reform Japan, also revive its economy.
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13 military tribunals after WWII with the purpose of bringing Nazi war criminals to justice.
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AKA European Recovery Program, helped Europe to recover economically lending them over $13 billion.
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Berlin was divided between the soviet union, America, France and Britain. These first ones wanted the city all to themselves, so they closed down everything including highways and canals with the purpose of making it impossible for the people who lived there to get food or any other supplies, this eventually would drive out the U.S, Britain and France out.
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Leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a tense, 13-day political and military fight due to the nuclear weapons installed in Cuba. (90 miles from the U.S)
