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Germany Invades Poland
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The Red Army attacks Finland with 26 divisions
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Germany attacks France
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Winston Churchill becomes prime minister of Britain
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Destructive air raids by the Luftwaffe
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Hitler takes over the Balkans
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U.S. military aid to foreign nations during World War II
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Lightning War in Soviet Union
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Japan bombed Pearl Harbor
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Hitler killed Jews
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US citizens were imprisoned during World War II because they were of Japanese ancestry.
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A naval battle against the Japanese
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turning point in World War Two in Europe
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The US fought against the Japanese for possession of Guadalcanal
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Two battles of El Alamein in World War II
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The Tehran Conference was a strategy meeting held between Joseph Stalin, FDR, and Winston Churchill; also called Eureka
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One of the largest amphibious military assaults in history; Also called Operation Overlord
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WWII conference of the three chief Allied leaders, FDR, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin, which met at Yalta to plan the final defeat and occupation of Nazi Germany.
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Died from cerebral hemorrhage, a type of stroke
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Italian partisans kill Mussolini
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Hitler committed suicide
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series of trials held in Nuremberg, Germany
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The "Big Three" leaders met at Potsdam, Germany, near Berlin.
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Planning commenced for the invasion of Japan
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The US bombed Japan to end the war
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The US bombed Japan to end the war
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Formed to prevent future wars
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War that developed primarily between the USA and the USSR after World War Two.
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American program to aid Europe
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The delivery of food and other goods to Soviet-blockaded West Berlin
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East German government built the Berlin Wall in order to keep its citizens from fleeing to the West
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Bringing the United States and the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear conflict
