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WWII
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Holocaust
Hitler Killed thousands of jews and other races because he believed them to be inferior. -
Germany Invades Poland
Sets off WWII. Secret part of treay allowing Germany to take half and Soviet Union to take other half. -
Stalin Attacks Finland
Stalin illegally attacked Finland and was expelled from the League of Nations. -
hitler takes over balkans
Hitler wanted the balkans due to their natural resources. -
Germany attacks france
German forces quickly defeated the french. -
Battle of Britain
Dog fight in which Nazi lost against Britain. lasted untill October 31, 1940 -
Lend-Lease Act
U.S supplied other countries with materials. -
Winsotn Churchill becomes Prime Minister of Britain
Winston Churchill wins the elction. -
German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union
Germany attacked by quickly and effectively sending massive invasions. Also known as "Lightning War." -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
The Japenese attacked the U.S and brought the U.S. into the war. -
The Formationof the U.N.
Representatives of 26 different nations came together to write the declaration of the United Nations. -
Japanese internment camps
U.S sent over 110,000 Japanese Americans to internment camps. -
Battle of Midway
Japan attempted to take a small U.S air base but the U.S saw it coming and defeated them. -
Battle of El-Alamein
Allied victory in northern Africa. -
Guadalcanal
Allies' first major offensive in the pacific. Japanese fought the U.S. -
Battle of Stalingrad
The U.S.S.R stopped Russain advance into their country. -
Tehran Conference
made strategies to attack Germany and made decisions for world war 2 -
D-Day
Allied troops attacked Nazis in Normandy, France. -
Yalta Conference
Pres. FDR, Wonston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin decided what to do after the war. -
F.D.R Dies
He suffered a massive brain hemorrhage. -
Mussolini Assassinated
Mussolini was shot and killed. -
Hitler Commits Suicide
The allies were attacking his place so he killed himself. -
Nuremburg Trials
Trials to bring justice to war crimes. -
Potsdam Conference
Discussed how to punish Nazi Germany, as well as post-war orders and peace treaties. -
Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
the U.S dropped atomic bombs on Japan in order to end the war. -
Cold War Begins
The term "Cold War" was first used by Bernard Baruch -
Marshall Plan
U.S gave economical support to European countries. -
Berlin airlift
The U.S sent supplies to West Berlin via air plane. -
McArthur’s plan for Japan
McArthur oversaw the rebuilding of Japan. -
berlin wall
symbolic boundary between democracy and communism in berlin during the cold war. -
Cuban missile crisis
Teh soviets built missiles in Cuba and faced them toward the U.S. in response to the U.S setting up missiles in Turkey. -
Cold war ends
the U.N makes diplomatic relations with communist countries.
