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ww2 years

1939-1945

tripartite pact

alliance of axis states 1940

wannsee conference

nazi meeting, resulted in decision to resort to genocide

battle of bulge

decisive victory over hitler 1944-1945, last effort of hitler to repel allies

battle of coral sea

ww2 standoff american/japanese

midway island

decisive victory american over japanese (1942)

general curtis le may

american air leader vs japanese

TYP

tehran: new front in france (1943)

yalta: soviet in pacific, east euro political org

potsdam: soviet domination of eastern europe, divide germany and austria

erwin rommel

german general, “desert fox”, suspected of trying to kill hitler

atlantic charter of 1941

america - UK alliance in WWII, allows people to choose the government they live under

japanese empire

korea, manchuria, philippines, dutch east indies, malaya, singapore

convention’s people party

kwame nkrumah political party to oppose british control of gold coast

non settler colonies in africa

congo, senegal, ivory coast, gold coast

mau mau

land freedom army, kenya

secret army organization

french in guerilla war vs arabs, berbers, and french supporting independence

national liberation front

algeria nationalist movement vs french, led to independence

haganah

zionist force opposing british in palestine in 1940s