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Shoah
A.K.A the holocaust, shoah is the hebrew name for it, means the catastrophe. Jews, along with gypsies and homosexuals and some other groups were sent and were tortured, starved, and killed. Killed millions of people -
Blitzkrieg
The Germans used Blitzkrieg on Poland it was the first time it was used, and it was successful.it was important because that is how the Germans took over most of Europe -
European Theatre of War
Where the majority of the war was hit, and where a lot of damage happened. It was where a lot of fighting happened. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
The attack of the Japanese on the Hawain islands. It made the Americans go to war. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Strategies that made the Germans wear down and break their blizkrieg. Major falure to the Germans. -
Internment
THe Japanese were sent to camps in the pacific northwest to hold them so that no attacks would happen from inside America. -
Operation Overlord
The battle of Normandy, it was crutial to the war because it caused the Germans to split their army and reduce their forces. -
Battle of the Bulge
Significant, because it failed for the Germans, Allies maintained the lines. Germans sealed their fate, made them lose the war. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
one of the costliest battles, took three days. it wore down the Japanese. Pacific Theatre -
Germany Surrendered
Germany surrendered meant that the allies could put all their resources to the Pacific Theatre of war. -
Liberation of the concentration camps
Concentration camps were liberated after Germany surrendered. -
Little Boy
The atomic bomb dropeed on Hiroshima, caused major destruction -
Fat Man
Was the atomic bomb dropped on nagasaki, caused complete destruction to the area. -
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Nuremberg Trials
The trials when the Nazi war criminals were tried for their crimes, most of them ended up in jail or executed. Very few were sent free. -
United Nations
The Peace Treaty between the nations that were involved in the war. -
Battle of Midway Pacific Theatre of War
Turning point because it was a strategic point for the Americans. First time that the Allies took initiative and gave them the advantage. -
Zionism
The Jewish population settled in Israel. No other country wanted to take them in. -
Operation Torch
Point in Africa to make it go through Italy. Made Operation Overlord easier.