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D-Day
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June 6, 1944, troops led by Dwight Eisenhower invaded German occupied France. On the beaches of Normandy, bloodiest day in WW2
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Battle of Midway
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Turning point in the Pacific. Eliminated the Japanese advance.
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Battle of the Bulge
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December, 1944- Germans counter-attacked in Europe, but were defeated by Omar Bradley's troops.
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Years for WW2 for the world
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1941-1945
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Benito Mussolini
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Established a Fascist regime in Italy
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Joseph Stalin
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Dictator of USSR; our ally in WW2
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Axis Powers
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Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan
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Neville Chamberlain
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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940. Chamberlain is best known for his appeasement foreign policy, and in particular for his signing of the Munich Agreement in 1938
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Appeasement
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policy of making political or material concessions to a (potential) enemy power (or powers) in order to avoid a threatened conflict, Chamberlin with Hitler
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“Anschluss”
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Annexed Austria into Nazi Germany, went against Treaty of Versailles
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Sudentenland
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Border states of Czech, Fought for Nazi Germany
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Munich Agreement of 1938
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settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia "Sudetenland", signed by Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and Italy
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Nazi/Soviet Pact
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1939, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact, guaranteed that the two countries would not attack each other. By signing this pact, Germany had protected itself from having to fight a two-front war in the soon-to-begin World War II
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“Blitzkrieg”
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Method of warfare, speed and surprise by use of military, tanks, and airplanes
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Battle of France
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Fall of France, was the successful German invasion of France and the Low Countries, beginning on 10 May 1940, defeating primarily French forces
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Charles de Gaulle
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Started organization in 1940 were individuals or military units who joined "Free France", the resistance in London to continue the struggle against the Axis powers.
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Vichy Regime
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was the French government which succeeded the Third Republic from July 1940 to August 1944. It was proclaimed by Marshal Philippe Pétain following the military defeat of France
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Winston Churchill
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Prime Minister of Great Britain during WW2, Said famous words, "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat."
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Battle of Britain
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air campaign waged by the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) against the United Kingdom during the summer and autumn of 1940
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Operation Barbarossa
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June 1941, was the code name for Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II. Over four million soldiers of the Axis powers invaded the USSR along a 2,900 km (1,800 mi) front, the largest invasion in the history of warfare
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Battle of Stalingrad
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major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad, bloodiest battles in the history of warfare
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Pearl Habour
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a surprise military strike conducted by Japan against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 194, led to the United States' entry into World War II.
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Erwin Rommel
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German field officer, known as desert fox, national hero, humane officer and never accused of war crimes, linked to the conspiracy to assassinate Adolf Hitler
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Battle of Berlin
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Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation by the Soviet Union, was the final major offensive of WW2, lead to Hitlers suicide
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VJ-Day
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a name chosen for the day on which Japan surrendered, to the allies, effectively ending World War II
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VE-Day
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mark the date when the World War II Allies formally accepted the unconditional surrender of the armed forces of Nazi Germany and the end of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich, thus ending the war in Europe
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