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Holocaust
was a genocide in which some six million European Jews were killed by Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany, -
Germany invades Poland
German forces bombard Poland on land and from the air, as Adolf Hitler seeks to regain lost territory and ultimately rule Poland -
Stalin attacks Finland
was a military conflict between the Soviet Union and Finland in 1939 -
Germany attacks France
also known as the Fall of France, was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries in 1940 during the Second World War -
Winston Churchill becomes prime minister of Britain
called to replace Neville Chamberlain as British prime minister following the latter’s resignation after losing a confidence vote in the House of Commons -
Battle of Britain
A British military campaign that defended the United Kingdom against the German Air Force -
Lend-Lease Act
a aid granted by United States Congress in which sale, lease, transfer, or exchange of arms and supplies was given to Britain -
Hitler takes over the Balkans
The Balkan Campaign of World War II began with the Italian invasion of Greece -
German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union
the first operational order for the invasion of the Soviet Union. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. -
battle of stalingrad
nazi germany fought the soviet union for control of stalingrad -
Japanese internment camps
The internment of Japanese Americans in the United States during World War II was the forced relocation and incarceration in camps in the western interior of the country of between 110,000 and 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry, most of whom lived on the Pacific coast. -
battle of midway
an attack after the bombing of pearl harbor -
Battle of El Alamein
The Battle of El Alamein, fought in the deserts of North Africa, is seen as one of the decisive victories of World War Two. -
guadalcanal
an operation to take the island of tulagi -
Tehran Conference
The Tehran Conference was a meeting between U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin in Tehran, Iran, -
D-Day
The Allies invade Western Europe on June 6, 1944 to keep Nazi Germany from gaining control -
Yalta Conference
Yalta Conference was the second wartime meeting of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt -
F.D.R’s death
when the president fdr dies -
Mussolini’s assassination
executed by italian partisans in the small village of Giulino di Mezzegra in northern Italy -
Hitler’s suicide
he shot himself in the head -
Potsdam Conference
was the last of the World War II meetings held by the “Big Three” heads of state -
McArthur’s plan for Japan
mcarthur's plan to overthrow japan -
Atomic bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
usa bombed japan cause they didn't like anime and they killed neji from naruto -
formation of the UN
organization to promote international co-operation -
Nuremburg Trials
prosecution for world war 2 -
cold war
The Cold War was the geopolitical, ideological, and economic struggle between two world superpowers, the USA and the USSR -
Marshall Plan
was an American initiative to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave over $13 billion[ -
Berlin Airlift
to stop the food getting to berlin -
Cuban Missile Crisis
confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning American ballistic missile deployment in Italy and Turkey with consequent Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba -
Berlin Wall
hat all GDR citizens could visit West Germany and West Berlin
