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Holocaust
when Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany -
Germany invades Poland
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Germany attacks France
germen attack -
Winston Churchill becomes prime minister of Britain
Churchill, who was known for his military leadership ability, was appointed British prime minister in his place -
Lend-Lease Act
the principal means for providing U.S. military aid to foreign nations during World War II -
Hitler takes over the Balkans
million German troops invade Russia in three parallel offensives, in what is the most powerful invasion force in history. Nineteen panzer divisions, 3,000 tanks, 2,500 aircraft, and 7,000 artillery pieces pour across a thousand-mile front as Hitler goes to war on a second front. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
japans attack aganst the usa -
Japanese internment camps
bad camps for the the japanesse -
Battle of Britain
defet of french -
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. -
Battle of Stalingrad
the successful Soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) in the U.S.S.R. during World War II. Russians consider it to be the greatest battle of their Great Patriotic War, and most historians consider it to be the greatest battle of the entire conflict -
Guadalcanal
The World War II Battle of Guadalcanal was the first major offensive and a decisive victory for the Allies in the Pacific theater. -
Battle of El Alamein
The Battle of El Alamein marked the culmination of the World War II North African campaign between the British Empire and the German-Italian army. -
Tehran Conference
discussion centred on the opening of a “second front” in western Europe -
D-Day
invasion of normandy -
McArthur’s plan for Japan
to rebuild -
Yalta Conference
three leaders agreed to demand Germany’s unconditional surrender and began plans for a post-war world -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan generated a resurgence of European industrialization and brought extensive investment into the region -
F.D.R’s death
presedent -
Mussolini’s assassination
dictator of italy -
Hitler’s suicide
dealth by gunshot -
Potsdam Conference
German-Soviet-Polish borders and the expulsion of several million Germans from the disputed territories -
Atomic bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
atomic bomb by the u.s. to bomb japan -
Cold War
war without using any warfare/ fighting -
Formation of the U.N.
epresentatives of 26 nations at war with the Axis powers met in Washington to sign the Declaration of the United Nations -
Berlin Airlift
the Soviet Union blocked all road and rail travel to and from West Berlin, which was located within the Soviet zone of occupation in Germany -
Berlin Wall
wall separating east and west berlin -
Cuban Missile Crisis
cuban have missels pointed at the usa
