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Invasion of Poland
blitzkrieg
Germany invades Poland -
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WWII Key Terms
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Auschwitz Opens
Shoah Auschwitz becomes operational. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, Hawaii -
Japanese- American Internment
internment American Government begins interning Japanese Americans after the attack on Pearl Harbor and Declaration of War on Japan. -
Tunisian Campaign
theater of war
Important series of battles in the African Theater of War -
D-Day
Operation Overlord
Theater of War American invasion of the beaches of Normandy. Allied forces capture Normandy Beach from the Germans. One of the most famous battles of WWII/all time.
Important battle in the European theater of war -
Battle of Okinawa
Theater of War Important battle in the Pacific Theater of War -
Bombing of Hiroshima
Fat Man and Little Boy U.S drops first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. -
United Nations are formed
Franklin D. Roosevelt forms the United Nations -
Nuremberg Trials begin
Nuremberg Trials High ranking German officials of the Third Reich are tried for war crimes. -
Creation of Israel
Zionism Israel is created as a homeland for the Jews after the Holocaust