WWII

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    WWII

    Global conflict
  • Blitzkrieg

    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-Lease Act

    lend and lease supplies to Britain
  • Battle of 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

    Pearl Harbor

    Japan attacked the American Navy’s
    base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii
  • Hungary enters the war

    Hungary enters the war

    Bárdossy announced in Parliament
    that a state of war existed between Hungary and the
    Soviet Union
  • Battle of Kursk

    Battle of Kursk

    greatest tank battle of the World War II
  • catastrophe of the Second Hungarian Army

    catastrophe of the Second Hungarian Army

    social unrest and protest in Hungary
    Hungarian Historical Memorial Committee → anti-war demonstration
  • D-Day

    D-Day

    Allied forces landed on the French shore (5 beaches e.g.
    Omaha)
  • Hitler committed suicide

    Hitler committed suicide

  • Day of victory

    Day of victory

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    Atomic Bombs

    of Hiroshima and Nagasaki