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Anschluss of Austria
Union of Austria to Germany orchestrated by Hitler -
Munich Conference
British and French convinced the Czechs to give up Sudentenland to appease Hitler -
Nazi-Soviet Pact
An agreement between Hitler and Stalin to keep peace between each country -
Hitler Launches Blitzkrieg on Norway and Belgium
Hitler orders a "lightning war" or constant bombing on Norway and Belgium -
Operation Sea Lion and Blitz on London
Hitler invades Britain -
Hitler Enacts Operation Barbarossa
Hitler Breaks the Nazi-Soviet Pact and invades Soviet Union to take over their vast natural resources -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
A surprise attack on American soil that killed 2,400 people and the reason American entered WWII -
Japan Loses the Battle of the Coral Sea (island hopping campaign)
A goal of the US to defeat the Japanese one island at a time and allowed them to move north -
The "Big 3" Meet
FDR, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin meet and decided to first fight the war in Europe and then in the Pacific (Japanese) -
D-Day Assault
US invades France to defeat the Germans -
Hitler Dies
Adolf Hitler commits suicide -
V-E Day
Victory in Europe! -
First Test of the Manhattan Project/Truman Warns Japan to Surrender
A code name for the A-bomb. Truman warned Japan that they should surrender because of the WMD that the US had -
US Drops A-Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Japan refuses to surrender twice and the US drops the A-Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki -
Truman Doctrine Adopted
A doctrine named after president Truman to contain communism -
Marshall Plan Enacted
To beat communism and strengthen democracy, the US offered money or aid packages to help countries rebuild -
NATO Signed
Countries pledged to help one another if any one of them were attacked -
Warsaw Pact
The Soviets responded to NATO and formed their own military alliances