WWII

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Non-Aggression Pact
An agreement in which Russia and Germany promise not to attack one another
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Neutrality Acts
you cannot loan, lend, sell, or help a country in war
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what did the US do when Japan tried to invade French-Indochina?
they threatened to impose sanctions on Japan, so they backed off
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September 1st, 1939
Germany invades Poland
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September 3rd, 1939
Britain and France declare war on Germany
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October 5th, 1939
Poland is defeated
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Blitzkrieg battle strategy
everyone attacks at once
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Maginot Line
a fortification built before World War II to protect France's eastern border
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Dunkirk
port in France from which 300,000 Allied troops were evacuated when their retreat by land was cut off by the German advance in 1940
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June 1940
France surrenders to Germany
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Battle of Britain
An aerial battle fought in World War II in 1940 between the German air force and Britain
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Where did the Holocaust take place?
Germany, Belgium, Poland, Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, North Africa, and Sudetenland
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Lend-Lease Act
allowed sales or loans of war materials to any country whose defense the president deems vital to the defense of the U.S
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why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?
they believed a war with the U.S. was inevitable, so Japan decided upon a preemptive strike
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December 7, 1941
attack on Pearl Harbor
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December 8, 1941
US declares war on Japan
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December 11, 1941
Germany declares war on US
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Operation Barbarossa
Hitler's plan to invade the Soviet Union
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Battle of Stalingrad
battle where Russia forced the Germans out of Stalingrad, their first major defeat of the war
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the Siege of Leningrad
lasted 900 days, and was as far as Germany got into Russia
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July 10, 1943
Invasion of Italy
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Allies meet at Tehran, Iran
Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin plan to invade France
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Casablanca Conference
Jan 1943, FDR and Churchill plan to increase bombing on Italy and Germany
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June 6th, 1944
D-Day
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August 25th, 1944
Paris is liberated
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Battle of the Bulge
December 16th, 1944, Germany's last attack in the West
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Russia pushes German forces into German territory
February 1945
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April 12, 1945
FDR dies
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April 16, 1945
Allies defeat Berlin
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April 30, 1945
Hitler commits suicide
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May 7th, 1945
VE-Day, Germany surrenders
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The Battle of Midway
the US defeated Japan, saving Hawaii
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Island Hopping Campaign
US strategy to reach mainland Japan by capturing key islands
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Battle for Iwo Jima
February 19, 1945, the US invaded Iwo Jima so they could use it as a military base
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August 6th, 1945
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima named Little Boy
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August 9th, 1945
Russia declared war on Japan and the US dropped a bomb on Nagasaki, named Fat Man
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August 15th, 1945
V-J Day, Japan Surrenders