Blair Blaisdell WW2

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  • Battle for Britain

    Was first major campaingn fought by all air forces.
  • Hitler breaks Non-Aggression agreement and invades the Soviet Union

    Hitler never planned on keeping this pact cause he saw russia as space for his empire to grow.
  • Vichy France begins

    Was the new government of france.
  • Pearl Harbor attacked

    Japan flew to hawaii in there plans and attacked the crap outta out of one of are major bases.
  • Germany and Italy declare war on US

    after japans attack on us. italy and germany join in and declare war on us.
  • MacArthur promises to return to the Philippines

    He gave a speech as he was leaving the phillipines to go fight in another war and promised to return.
  • Battle of Coral Sea

    Battle was fought in the air and loses were huge. A few days after the ships started fighting. Japan was trying to capture New Guinea and leave australia.
  • End of Battle of Stalingrad

    The battle involved more participants than any other on the Eastern Front, and was marked by its brutality and disregard for military and civilan casualties
  • Guadalcanal

    Was an isalnd used to fight on when the usa and japanese were fighting. USA was victorious.
  • Battle of Midway

    This was the second major air battle. This battle took four days and it had heavy loses for both sides.
  • Rome falls

    The battle of rome was lost by italy and that meant that rome surrendering would soon mean that italy would have to also.
  • D-Day

    It was a day that changed history. Was a day that made the nazi germany inevitable.
  • Battle of the Bulge

    Was a plan by hitler to break up the alliance between USA, UK, and FRANCE.
  • formal surrender of Japan

  • Truman becomes president

    He was vice president but due to roosevelts death he had to become the president and the people didnt like this.
  • Hitler commits suicide

    Hitler swallowed a cyanid capsule and shot himself in the head. He ended his life after his allies surrendered to the USA.