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Germany Invades Poland
Germany teams up with the Soviet Union to try and take over Poland and split the country. France and Britain agree to side with Poland. -
Stalin Attacks Finland
Stalin attacks Finland to try to profit as much as Germany. -
Germnay Attacks France
On May 10, 1940, Germany began their invasion on France, the Netherlands, and Belgium. -
Winston Churchill Becomes Prime Minister of Britain
During the German invasion, Churchill faced the House of Commons for the first time as Prime Minster. -
Lend-Lease Act
President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered the country to help out during the war by sending materials like ammunition, tanks, airplanes, trucks, and food and other raw materials. -
Battle of Britain
The battle that determined if the Luftwaffle (Germany's Airforce) would take over France's ports. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
The Japanese bombing of an American naval base in Hawaii. -
Japanes Internment Camps
Japanese-American were placed into camps by the Japanese and were kept as hostages. -
Holocaust
Mass murder of jews by Adolf Hitller and the Nazi Party. -
Battle of El-Alamein
The British attack to make Rommel retreat. -
Tehran Conference
Conference between Allied leaders to discuss the "second front" of Europe. -
D-Day
The Allied (Britain, Canada, U.S) invasion of western Europe in normandy, France. -
Yalta Confeerence
Conference between Allied leaders to plan the final defeat of Germany. -
F.D.R's Death
F.D.R (the former president of the united states) died from a massive cerebral hemorrhage while on a visit to Georgia. -
Hitler's Suicide
Hitler commits suicide. -
Potsdam conference
Peace Conference between the Allied leaders to discuss peace. -
Bombing of Hiroshima
This was the first of 2 atomic bombs that America dropped on Japan. -
Bombing of Nagasaki
The second of 2 atomic bombs that the Americans dropped on Japan. -
Formation of U.N.
The U.N was made to save future generations from the scourage of war, promote social progress, etc. -
Cold War
A war based on propaganda, economy, and politics. -
Marshall Plan
European Recovery Program. -
Berlin Airlift
The U.S. and Britain dropped food and supplies to West Berlin by air. -
Berlin Wall
A wall to split Comuunist East Berlin and Democratic West Berlin. -
Cuban Missle Crisis
The Soviet Union put missles in Cuba, almost causing a war between them and the U.S.
