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Holocaust
Hitler encamped millions of jews thinking the world was bad because of them -
Germany invades Poland
How germany intended to start a war -
Stalin attacks finland
Stalin invades finland -
Lend lease act
Allowed us aid to help allied nations in WWII -
Windston churchill becomes prime minister
When he became prime minister -
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Germany attacks france
Germany invades france -
Battle of Britain
Royal air force defends Britain against nazi soldiers -
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Hitler takes over balkan
Hitler invades greece -
Germany blitzkrieg on soviet union
Germany attempts to invade russia and fails -
pearl harbor bombing
when the us officially decided to join the allied powers in wwii -
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battle of stalingrad
battle that took place in southern Russia(Russia wins) -
Japanese interment camps
Japanese were forced into camps due to the bombing of pearl harbor -
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battle of midway
naval battle -
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battle of el alamein
battle on the western desert front -
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Tehran conference
Strategy meeting between the allied powers -
D-Day
Allied forces storm the beaches of Normandy France - -
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NUREMBURG TRIALS
allies try to convict Nazi officials of war crimes -
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Yalta confrence
WAs to shape a post war peace -
FDR Death
The date FDR died -
Mussolini assassination
death of Italy fascist dictator -
Hitlers suicide
Hitler kills himself due to losing the war -
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tomic bombingof Hiroshima & Nagasaki
US bombs japan to try to get them out of the wart -
Formation of the un
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Cold war
"cold" war between us and russia fear of nuclear war -
marshall plan
gave aid to all recovering European counties -
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Potsdam conference
Negotiation a peace treaty
