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Blitzkrieg
"Lightning War". Used tanks and armored forces, motorized infantry, and air power.
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Dunkirk
Hitler had the British/French army trapped here, but hitler called off the attack on them for three days. They escaped. This was Hitler's first error.
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How did WWII begin?
WWII began when Poland was invaded by Germany.
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Battle of Britain
Operation Sea Lion. "Take over the sky". First battle to be fought entirely by aircraft.
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Hitler's first error...
Calling off the attack on the British/French army at Dunkirk.
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Hitler's second error...
Attacking London and leaving the British aircraft alone.
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Erwin Rommel
One of Germany's greatest generals. Revolutionized the tank. "The Desert Fox".
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Hitler's third error...
Attacking Russia with the biggest Blitzkreig ever.
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Battle of Russia
Largest battle. German army surrendered here.
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Scorched Earth
Stalin/Russia burned everything so that the German soldiers had no supplies.
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Stalingrad
Turning point of the Battle of Russia.
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Pearl Harbor
Brings USA into war. Japan sank our battleships.
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Hitler's fourth error...
Declaring war on the USA. "Never try to fight two wars at once."
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Aircraft Carrier
Most significant war tool on the Pacific/water.
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Tanks
Most significant war tool in Europe.
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Manhattan Project:
Building of the atomic bomb. Roosevelt ordered this to happen.
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Battle of Midway
Turning point of the Pacific War. Japan did poorly.
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Submarine
Germans tried to blockaid Britain with these. Radar and sonar detection made them fail. 2/3rds of all Japanese ships were sunk by American subs.
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D. Eisenhower
Commanding the allies
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Operation Valcerie
Germans tried to kill Hitler, killed Rommel instead. July 20th.
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Battle of the Bulge
Hitler's last chance. Largest battle on the western front. Ended Germany's ability to fight.
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Island Hopping
American ships got to Japan by using this tactic.
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Leyte Gulf
Largest naval battle in history. Japan lost it's army here.
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Kamikaze
"Divine Wind". Used by Japan. Suicide bombers.
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V-E Day
May 8, 1945: Germany surrenders. European war is over.
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Harry Truman
New President of the USA, taking over for Roosevelt.
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V-J Day
September 2. Japanese officially surrendered.
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Final Solution
Kill/Sterilize all of tthe Jews, they'll be gone.
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Cold War
Conflict between USA and USSR for world domination, without directly confronting one another. 1945-1991.
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Afghanistan
Both USA and Soviet Union have fought wars with Afghanistan.
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Iraq
USA supplied them with war tools.
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Iran
Soviet Union supplied them with war tools.
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Potsdam/Yalta
Cold War began here.
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Big 3
Stalin, Churchill, and FDR/Roosevelt. At Yalta, they decided what to do when the war ends.
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Iron Curtain
Division between Eastern (communist/Soviet Union) and Western (repulican/USA) Europe.
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Containment
1947. USA. Keeping communism in one place.
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NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization. USA/Allies protecting their friends. April 4, 1949.
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Mao ZeDung
Communist leader of China for 27 years. Eliminated anyone disagreeing with communism, killed 90 million Chinese.
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Korean Conflict
North Korea (communist) invaded South Korea under the command of the Soviet Union. USA/Allies went there to fight them off. After 3 years of fighting, they signed an armistice in 1953. Introduced "limited war". June 24, 1950.
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Sputnik
First manmade object in space. Soviets launched it into space and won "the race." Began the missile age. October 1957.
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Fidel Castro
Communist leader of Cuba. Alligned tself with the Soviet Union. 1960.
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Nikita Khruschchev
Took over for Stalin when he died.
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Cuban Missile Crisis
1962. American plane flew over Cuba and took photos of them building their missiles. Turning point of Cold War. Lead to peaceful coexistance.
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Apollo 11
Landed on the moon in 1969. USA won the "space race"
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