Island Hoping
Fighting one battle at a time in the Pacific, going from island to island
Pearl Harbor
Surprise Attack that brings US into War
Yalta Conference
Big 3 meet in Europe to decide post war Europe
Munich Pact
Gave Germany the Sudetenland
Potsdam Conference
Meeting of new heads of Government to expand on Yalta
V-J Day
Official end of the War in the Pacific
Operation Fortitude
Decoy to distract Hitler for D-Day
Battle of Stalingrad
Major Turning point in War in Europe Aug 23, 1942
V-E Day
Official end of the War in Europe May 8, 1945
Tokyo Trials
Trials to bring Japanese war criminals to justice.
Manhattan Project
Developed and tested the Atomic Bomb
D-Day
Allie invasion of France June 6, 1944
Nagasaki
Final city targeted in Atomic Bomb attacks
Hiroshima
First city targeted in Atomic Bomb Attacks
Policy of Appeasement
Giving Hitler his demands so war doesn't start
Holocaust
Systematic murder of 11 million people
Non- Aggression Pact
Russia and Germany will not attack each other
Nuremberg Trials
Charges against nazi Generals
Blitzkrieg
Lightening War
Nazi
Political Party in power of Germany in 1930's
Genocide
Systematic extinction of a race.
Trench Warfare
Stagnated & Prolonged WW1, Blitzkrieg avoided it
Treaty of Versailles
End WW1 & Fuels start of WW2
Sept. 2 1945
VJ Day
May 8 1945
VE Day
April 12 1945
FDR Dies
June 6 1944
D-Day
June 4 1942
Battle of Midway
Emperor Hirohito
Figure head of Japan
Dec. 7 1941
Pearl Harbor Attack
George Patton
Battle of the Bulge General
Harry Truman
Decided to drop the Atomic Bomb
Hidecki Tojo
Japanese Leader of WW2
Josef Stalin
Russian leader of WW2
Clement Attlee
Prime Minister of England after Churchill
Franklin Roosevelt
President of World War 2
Robert Oppenheimer
Developed the Atomic Bomb
Benito Mussolini
Italian Leader of World War 2
Douglas MacArthur
Commander of Pacific Defense
Adolf Hitler
German Leader of World War 2
Fransico Franco
Spanish leader of WW2
Dwight D Eisenhower
Commander fo D-Day
Charles DeGaulle
French General/Leader during WW2
Winston Churchill
GB Prime Minister of WW2
N. Chamberlain
Pre WW 2 policy of appeasement leader
Communism
Totalitarian government of Russia following the Bolshevick Revolution
Surrender of Italy
Oct. 13 1943 Italy Surrenders to The Allies (American Dwight D Eisenhower accepts)
Invasion of Poland
Sept 01 1939- Germany invades Poland resulting in the official start of World War II.
Long March
Military retreat of the Communist that lead to Mao Zedong taking control
May Fourth Movement
Students protesting the Chinese Government after WW1
Cultural Revolution
Cleansing China of un-pure traditions of the 4 olds. Used to strengthen Communism.
Great Leap Forward
Shifting of Chinese economy from Agriculture to Industry. Lead to famine and large loss of lives.
Marco Polo Bridge Incident
Japan and China battle in the beginning of WW2. Leads to Japan being more offensive and aggressive in China.
Militarism
Building of military to promote diplomacy.
Chaing Kai-Shek
Leader of the Chinese Nationalist party or the KMT.
Mao Zedong
Communist leader of China. Comes to power after the Chinese revolution of 1949
Qing Dynasty
Last Imperialist dynasty of China.
Manchukuo
Japanese land base in Asia
Red Guard
Execute the orders of the Cultural Revolution.
Sun-Yatsen
Founded Republic of China.