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the holocaust
the holocaust was a horrible genocide of jews, people with "special problems", and homosexuals. they were sometimes gassed or burned alive. if they were able to work the were put to use. -
japan invades china
the imperal army invaded china. they did it because they wanted more land and wanted the rest of the world to see them as a power. -
non-aggression act
germany and russia signed a non agression pact. this ment they couldnt attack each other for 10 years. hittler borke the agrement when he invaded russia. -
germany invades poland
the invasion ended october 6 1939. the german invasion of poland was the first strike that caused the war. poland lost and most were takin to concentration camps -
blitzkrieg
blitzkrieg is german for lighting warefare. the germans used blitzkrieg on poland and many other contries they conquered. -
munich confernce
this confernce was when the leaders of the us, france, and great britian let germany annex some of Czechoslovakia. just to keep hittler happy. it didnt work he wanted everything -
battle of britain
the battle ended october 31, 1940. the battle of britian was the first one to be fought comepletly by airforce. the germans tried to gain air supperiorty over the britains -
lend-lease act
this allowed for the president to let any contry borrow troops or supplies. -
operation barbossa
this eneded januray 7 1942. was the code name for the german invsion of russia. about 1 million axis soldiers invaded russia. making it the largest invaison ever. -
pearl harbor
the japanese bomibg of the us port in haiwii. the japenses used komakzi plans to take out our fleet of ships in the pacific -
bataan death march
the bataan death march waefore they got there.s when 60,000-80,000 prisoners of war marched. 6,000-10,000 fillipino pows died befoer they got there. 100-600 americans died -
battle of midway
This battle ended june 7th 1942. 6 months after the peral harbor bombing the us defited the japaese at an important naval battle. -
battle of stalingrad
the battle ended on febuary 2,1943. this was a major battle in world war 2. germany and the axis powers fought russian for control of stalingrad. -
d-day
d-day or operation over lord was gerneral esihowerds plan to take normady beach back from germany. this involved canda gratbritan and the us. they were all supossed to take differnt parts of the beach but the plan was messed up. -
battle of bulge
The battle ended in Jan 25,1945. eric von manstein was incharge of the offisive part. he tryed to recapture the port of antwerp -
battle of iwo jima
ended march 26 1945. A major battle for the us. they us army took the island of iwo jima for the japanese. the invasion was called operation detachment -
battle of okinawa
this battled ended june 22, 1945. the largest pasifc island battle of world war 2. involed 287,000 us soldiers. -
bombing of hiroshima and nagasaki
the bombing of hiroshima and nagasaki was when the presidnt droped to atomic bombs on the cities because they bombed peral harbor. we told them to stop but they didnt so we droped one bomb. then after they still wouldnt stop we dropped the other one. -
vj day
news of the surrender was herd around the world.world war 2 was finally over. tokyo issued a formal surrender -
warsaw pact
the treaty of friendship between 8 communist contries durring to cold war. -
ve day
ve day stands for vicotry in euorpe. this when the war was over in euorpe. peopel were so happy they were kissing randome people.