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