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Period: to
WWII
Global conflict -
Blitzkrieg
German maneuver operations were successful in the campaigns of 1939–1941, and by 1940, the term blitzkrieg was extensively used in Western media. -
Lend-Lease Act
lend and lease supplies to Britain -
Battle of Britain
Winston Churchill → Prime Minister
only Great Britain held out against Hitler
Operation Sea Lion
first failure of Germany (Hitler made mistakes → bombing of London) -
Pearl Harbor
Japan attacked the American Navy’s
base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii -
Hungary enters the war
Bárdossy announced in Parliament
that a state of war existed between Hungary and the
Soviet Union -
Battle of Kursk
greatest tank battle of the World War II -
catastrophe of the Second Hungarian Army
social unrest and protest in Hungary
Hungarian Historical Memorial Committee → anti-war demonstration -
D-Day
Allied forces landed on the French shore (5 beaches e.g.
Omaha) -
Hitler committed suicide
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Day of victory
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Period: to
Atomic Bombs
of Hiroshima and Nagasaki