WW2

  • Holocaust

    Holocaust

    hatred for Jews , more than 6 million Jews killed
  • Night of the Long Knives

    Night of the Long Knives

    a purge that took place in Germany
  • Nuremberg Trials

    Nuremberg Trials

    deprived Jews of their rights to German citizenship and forbade marriages between Jews and non-Jews
  • Germany Invades Poland

    Germany Invades Poland

    world war 2 begins.
  • Germany attacks France

    Germany attacks France

    Germany invades and takes control of Denmark and Norway.
  • Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain

    Germany uses quick strikes to take over much of Western Europe
  • Winston Churchill becomes prime minister of Great Britain

    Winston Churchill becomes prime minister of Great Britain

  • Stalin attacks Finland

    Stalin attacks Finland

    began with the Soviet invasion of Finland and ended with the Moscow Peace Treaty
  • Lend-Lease Act

    Lend-Lease Act

    the president could lend or lease arms and other supplies to any country vital to the U.S.
  • Hitler take over the Balkans

    Hitler take over the Balkans

    This was the key to Hitler's Invasion.
  • German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union

    German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union

    Germany invades the Soviet Union
  • bombing of Pearl Harbor

    bombing of Pearl Harbor

    2300 Americans killed
  • Battle of Stalingrad

    Battle of Stalingrad

    The biggest confrontation of wwII in which Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad
  • Japanese internment camps

    Japanese internment camps

    forced relocation and incarceration in camps
  • battle of Midway

    battle of Midway

    The U.S. navy defeats the Japanese navy
  • Battle of Guadalcanal

    Battle of Guadalcanal

    also called "the island of Death"
  • Battle of El Alamein

    Battle of El Alamein

    allied victory
  • Tehran Conference

    Tehran Conference

    a strategy meeting Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • D-Day

    D-Day

    allied forces invade France and push back the Germans
  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference

    The Leaders of the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union met at the Black Sea resort of Yalta. There agreed to divide Germany into Zones of occupations controlled by the allied military forces.
  • F.D.R's Death

    F.D.R's Death

  • Mussolini’s assassination

    Mussolini’s assassination

    happened during final days of World War II in northern Italy
  • Hitler’s suicide

    Hitler’s suicide

    Hitler shot himself
  • Formation of the United Nations

    Formation of the United Nations

    when the United States and the Soviet Union temporarily set aside their differences. Joining 48 countries forming the U.N.
  • Potsdam Conference

    Potsdam Conference

    The most pressing issue was the postwar fate of Germany
  • Atomic bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki

    Atomic bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki

    the United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  • The Marshall Plan

    The Marshall Plan

    The U.S. would give aid to needy European countries. It would provide food,machinery and other materials to rebuild western Europe.
  • The Berlin Airlift

    The Berlin Airlift

    From June to May 1949, pilots brought in 2.3 million tons of food, fuel, medicine, and even Christmas gifts to west Berliners.
  • The Cold War

    The Cold War

    The cold war influenced world alliances.
  • McArthur’s plan for Japan

    McArthur’s plan for Japan

    allied occupation of Japan at the end of the war was led by MacArthur, the Supreme Commander of the allied powers with support from the British
  • Berlin Wall

    Berlin Wall

    a concrete barrier that divided Berlin
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis

    a 13 day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union and the Soviet ballistic missile deployment coming from Cuba