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holocaust
persecution of major minorities on germany and eastern europe -
night of the long knives
hitler purging germany of its parliamentary leaders that could over throw the nazi party -
germany invades poland
germany just invaded warsaw -
germany attacks France
france though germany was gonna attack belgium cuz they did in ww1 -
winston churchill becomes prime minister of britain
took his initial political stance -
battle of britain
royal navy defended UK against attack by nazi germany -
cold war
political potential following the war -
lend lease act
gave military support to countries vital to americas security -
german blitzkrieg on soviet union
germany invaded the soviet union in the largest military opperation of ww2 -
pearl harbor
japanese attack hawaii -
japanese internment camps
forced relocation of japanese americans during ww2 -
battle of midway
america beat japan in the pacific after pearl harbor this changed the trajectory of the war -
battle of stalingrad
after germany invade they and the soviet union engaged in the largest confrontation of ww2 in fighting over the city of stalingrad russia -
guadalcanal
south pacific island know for ww2 significance -
battle of el alamein
british empire german-italian faught in egypt -
tehran conference
metting of stalin FDR churchill -
D day
troops stormed normandy -
macarthurs plan for japan
the rehabilition of japan with assistance from america post ww2 -
yalta conference
decoration of the independence of Europe between Winston Churchill FDR and stalin post ww2 -
operation 25
stalin tried to invade Yugoslavia and failed so hitler stepped in and went through with it -
FDR death
fdr intracerebral hemorrhage caused death -
mussolini assassination
executed by italian Parisians -
hitler dies
commits suicide -
potsdam conference
U.S. U.K. and soviet union meet to fix Germany's borders after the end of the war -
atomic bomb of hiroshima and nagasaki
american retaliation for japans attack on pearl harbor -
formation of the united nations
intermediary of nations in times of war or other conflict -
nuremburg trials
meeting of military tribunals to discuss international war law -
marshall plan effective
american initiative to help western europe in ww2 -
berlin airlift
a blockade imparted by the soviet union in west germany failed
first major crisis of the war. -
The winter war
stalin leads the USSR invades finland -
berlin wall
separated east and west germany for 20 years -
cuban missile crisis
beef between the U.S. and soviet union that lasted 13 days and involved threatening missile strikes.
