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Pre-AP WWII

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Okinawa
June 1945; Kamikaze attacks
Joseph Stalin
dictator of Soviet Union
Nuremberg Race Laws
Jews loose citizenship, no relations between Germans and Jews, all Germans had to be disease free, no Jewish housekeeper
Invasion of italy
by april 1945 Mussolini was captured and hung
purges
during rule of Stalin millions were killed
Battle of Britain
1st major defeat for Hitler, radar used, stopped invasion of Britain
a-bomb dropped
on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Battle of Coral Sea
prevents invasion of australia, no ship to ship combat
FDR
president of US
North Africa
operation torch; invasion of north africa; november 1942; Eisenhower vs. Rommel, led to invasion of italy
atlantic charter
FDR and Churchill met in middle of the atlantic ocean on August 14, 1941, set war goals
Axis leaders
Hitler, Tojo, Hierhieto, and Mussolini
Germany
declares war on US day two days after pearl harbor
causes of WWII
the maginot line in way of hitler, fall of Norway, invasion of poland, nazi-soviet non aggression pact
allied generals
Eisenhower, montgomery, MacArthur, and patten
D-day
normandy beach invasion by allies, paratroopers
Adolph Hitler
dictator of Germany
Manchuria
part of China invaded by Japan in 1933
Neutrality Acts
US passed; kept Americans off of ships of war, cash and carry, stopped loans to waring nations, repealed after Pearl harbor
Lend-Lease Acts
way around Neutrality Acts; gave ally nations war supplies
Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact
Germany and Soviet Union promised not to attack each other leads to the invasion of Poland
Christmas 1941
Churchill and FDR meet; decide Hitler is 1st concern, will help soviets, unconditional surrender of axis powers
Winston Churchill
prime minister of britain
atomic bomb
the manhattan project
Kristallnach
1938- Night of Broken Glass
Nuremberg Trials
held for Nazis, war crimes and crimes against peace
battle of the bulge
US vs. Germany, largest land battle in western europe, last german offensive
Spanish civil war
prelude to WWII, Germans develop blitzkrieg
Nazi Party
only political party allowed in Germany
US
declares war on Japan after Pearl Harbor
yalta conference
FDR wants to help soviets, and beat Germany
Hierhito and Tojo
leaders of Japan
Big Three
FDR, Churchill, and Stalin
Munich Conference
1938- appeasement, gave Germany the Sudetanland
Benito Mussolini
dictator of Italy
Stalingrad
turning point of war in east, Germany attacks Soviet Union
battle of the atlantic
ally victory against Germans, naval battle
Battle of Midway
island hopping, turning point in pacific, decoded japanese message
Pearl Harbor
Japanese attack on US naval base in hawaii on December 7, 1941

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