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Mussolini’s assassination
The assassination of Mussolini -
Germany attacks France
Germany invades France and France doesn't give a good fight. Short victory for Germany. -
Germany invades Poland
Germany invades Poland and breaks the rules. -
Stalin attacks Finland
Russia wanted to establish authority over Finland again. -
Winston Churchill becomes prime minister of Britain
H beacame Prime Minister of Britain -
Battle of Britain
Germnay invades Britian trying to claim it but fail. -
Lend-Lease Act
When the U.S. agreed to aid the allie powers -
Hitler takes over the Balkans
Hitler wanted to take over the Balkans to expand his area -
German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union
Secret quick attack on Soviet Union but failed -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
The attack by the Japanese on U,S. soilders -
Holocaust
nazis started rounding up the Jews for concetration camps -
japanese internment camps
Camps where the U.S. held Japanes Americans just to make sure they dont create terror -
Hitler's suicide
Hitler killed himself -
Battle of Midway
One of the major battles that helped the U.S. win in the Pacific -
D-day
The invasion of Normandy -
Battle of El Alamein
One of the big battles that were foght in North Africa. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Major battle in WWII where the Nazis fought the Soviet Union. -
Potsdam Conference
A meeting that planned what the Allied forces were going do with -
Guadalcanal
A campaign to push out the Japanese. -
McArthur’s plan for Japan
The final plan to take Japan. -
F.D.R's Death
the death of american president -
Tehran Conference
Plan the final push to invade Germad and Japan. Also giving Iran its independence. -
Yalta conference
Allie leaders plan to defeat Germany -
Atomic bomb on Hiroshima & Nagasaki
The atomic bombings of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan -
Formation of the U.N.
The purpose of creating structure in Europe and creating peace. -
Cold war
A long rivalry that lasted for much of the second half of the 20th century -
Marshall Plan
An American program to aid Europe -
Berlin Airlift
The Allied forces suppleid citizens of West Berlin. -
Nuremburg Trials
Trials of Nazi officers -
Berlin Wall
Barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Soviet Union placed missiles in Cuba and aimed it at the U.S.
