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- tehran conference
- where stalin, roosevelt, and churchill (grand alliance) met in november 1943 to decide the future course of the war. Their major tactic-Iran-go in through France and eastern Europe
- luffwaffe
- german air force
- isonationism
- policy that the US adopted in the beginning of wwII-werent going to be involve din war-until pearl harbor
- normandy
- sight of the invasion of d-day (france)
- grand alliance
- the big three-churchill, rosevelt, stalin
- Asian Theater
- in 1942, the tide of battle in the east also changed dramatically. in battle of coral sea on may 7 and 8 1942, american naval forces stopped the japanese advance and saved australia from the threat of invasion
- cold war
- an ideaological conflict between US(great britain, germany, france) and the soviets-the cold war was to dominate world affairs intil the end of 1980s. no actual fighting.
- battle of britain
- only battle fought completely int he air-also 1st time the german air force was defeated-hitler sent his airforce into britain but didnt follow through
- operation barbossa
- hitlers plan to invade britain-sent airforce in follwed by naval invasion
- roosevelt
- US president-wanted US to be arsenal for democracy-did all he could to support allies w/o becoming involved int he war-until pearl harbor
- d day
- june 6 1944- US invasion of France
- hiroshima and nagasaki
- two cities in japan where we dropped atomic bombs
- Potsdam conference
- germany surrendured in may 1945july 1945 began under a cloud of mistrust. roosevelt died april 12. western countries sees this as a spread of communism throughout eastern europe so it is decided thas russia will not get elections-dont want democratic to opose soviet union
- stalin
- soviets-joined allies after hitler turned on him and invaded the soviet union
- battle of midway island
- US planes destroyed 4 attacking japanese aircraft carriers. The US defeated the Japanese navy and established naval superiority in the pacific
- Yalta conference
- in russia, the big 3 powers met again at yalta in southern russia in feb 1945. by then the defeat of germany was obvious. the western powers were now faced witht he reality of 11 million soviet soldiers taking possession of eastern and much of central europe. all of europe was under soviet army-realized difficulties of Russia
- United Nations
- 200 countries, job is to keep peace in the world, financial food, child saftey. a place for all the countries to meet. predecessor was league f nations. inside-security council-keep peace in the world. 5 permanant members and 22 interchanging. 5 permanent: US, Great Britain, Russia, France, China
- churchill
- britich prime minister-warned everyone about hitler
- pearl harbor
- sept 7 1941-no aircraft carriers were destroyed, surprise attack by japanese0cause of US entering the war
- battle of stalingrad
- turning point in the war, first time hitler was stopped-fought in city if stalingrad-stalin was determined to defend it-mainly sniper battles
- panzer division
- german tanks-german tank division used in blitzkrieg
- blitzkrieg
- german for "lightening war". hitler would use his air force to bomb cities then send fast moving armored units accompanied by light infantry-sent them into the city, take them and move to another city-significance was how fast it was
- vichy France
- french gov that was underground-after germany invaded france