World war 1 Pre war events

Pre war events

Munich conference

The British and the French accepted german annexation of sudetenland.

This was an attempt at peasment that ultimately failed to prevent the government.

Ribbentrop-melotov pact

Agreement between germany and USSR to divide eastern Europe

Allowed germany to invade poland without soviet interference.

Early war period(1939-1941)

Blitzerkieg

Revolutionary millitary strategy used by germany in the European theatreInvolved rapid overwhelming force and mobile attacks

Atlantic charter (August 1941)

Document outlining war aims of FDR and churchill

Established shared principles for the post war

Four freadoms

Aritclated by FDR as goals for the post war world:

Freedom of speach, freedom worship, freedom from want, freedom from fear.

Pacific Theater

Batman Death march

Forced march of american and filipino prisoners to camp odonnell

Resulted in many deaths due to brutal conditions.

Battles of coral sea and midway

Turning points in the war in the pacific

Halted japonese expansion and gave initative to allies

Battle of leyte Culf

Began the conquest of the Philippines

First battle to use Kamikaze attacks

Island Hoping strategy

Allowed allies bypass heavily fortified Japanese positions

Forced on capturing strateagically important Islands

Battle of Stalingrad play me some Miranda

First major defeat for Germany Army

considered a turning point in Europe

D-Day June 6th 1944

Allied invasion of Normandy opening a second front front against Germany

Also known as operation overload

Battle of the Bulge

Final German offensive that ultimately failed

Last major German offensive of the war

Homefront and social impact

War production board

Oversaw plan Khan And production big businesses

Use Cost Plus fix fee contracts to incentivize production

Executive order 9066

Issued by FDR to intern Japanese-Americans during World War II l

ed to force relocation incareration contracts of many incidents citizens

442 end regiment

Highly decorated unit of Japanese-American soldiers

democratic despite discrimination at home

Tuskegree

African-American fighter pilot squardeon

Also known as Red Tails

Woman in the workforce

Significant increase in woman's participation in the War Industries

symbolized by Rosie the riveter

Holocaust

Warsaw Ghetto uprising

Largest single Revolt by Jews against Nazis during World War II

Democratic Jewish resistance despite overwhelming odds

End of the war

VE Day March 7th 1945

Surrender of Germany marking Allied victory in Europe

Atomic bombings August 1945

First use of nuclear weapons in warfare

Dropped on Hiroshima in nahasski leading to Japan surrender

United Nations

Established after World War II purpose to maintain peace protect human rights and enforce International laws

War statistics

Casualties

USSR suffer the highest number of deaths during World War II followed by China Germany and Poland

Post-war conferences

Yalta Conference

Meeting between Allied Leaders to discuss post-war order

Potsdam Conference

Final meeting of Allied leaders before the end of the war