American Involvement in WWII

By Carolina Vazquez

  • Hitler is made Chancellor

  • Der Fuhrer

    Der Fuhrer

    WWII
  • 1936 Summer Olympics

    1936 Summer Olympics

  • Anschluss

    Germany annexed Austria
  • Germany Invades Poland

    Germany Invades Poland

    Invasion of Poland
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    Germany's blitzkrieg takes western Europe

    Germany's blitzkrieg take Denmark, Norway, Nethlerlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France.

  • Lend-Lease Act

    U.S. would "lend" military equipment to cash-strapped Britain.

  • Germany invades Russia

    Germany begins two-front war with invasion of Russia

  • Japan attacks Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor361 Japanese warplanes attack American airfields and shipyards
  • Midway

    Midway

    Threat on Hawaii ended as four Japanese aircraft carriers are sunk

  • Stalingrad

    Germans surrender after fierce hand-to-hand fighting and huge casualties for each side.

  • Italy surrenders

    Italian troops quit fighting Allies, Germans continue in fierce fighting.
  • D-Day

    D-Day

    Allies use 4600 ships to invade German-held France. Suffering heavy casualites, the Allies were able to retake Paris in August.

  • Russians take Berlin

    Russians take German capital after house-to-house fighting. Hitler commits suicide.

  • US retakes Philippines

    Gen. MacArthur retakes the Philippines

  • Bomb hits Hiroshima

    180,000 killed, wounded, or missing after atomic bomb is dropped. Two days later Soviet Union enters war against Japan.
  • Bomb hits Nagasaki

    Bomb hits Nagasaki

    Second bomb is dropped after Japanese delay surrender. 80,000 killed or missing.