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War plans
Winston Churchill arrived at the White House and for the next 3 weeks worked out war plans with the president. -
Hitler tries to mess with our bread and butter
Hitler sent submarine raids against ships along america's east coast. -
Hitler Succeeds in messing with our bread and butter
hitler sank 87 of our ships off the atlantic shore. 7 months into the year Germans had destroyed a total of 681 allied ships. -
We need more beans for the chowder
107,000 soldiers were sent to north africa to invade the Axis controlled areas. -
Battle of Stalingrad
German troops begin bombing raids on Stalingrad, and began to invade. Stalin refuses to retread, and instead sends in more troops. Stalin launches a massive counterattack and Hitler refuses to surrender. -
Battle of Stalingrad ends, turning point for Russia in the war.
German commander surrenders to the Russian army. The Russians lost 1,100,000 troops in the battle, but after the Battle of Stalingrad, the Russians started advancing westward on the Germans -
its a bird... its a plane... Yes it is
99th Pursuit squadron, the first all black squad, arrived in North Africa -
"I hope she made lottsa' spaghetti!"
II Duce was taken to the Italian palace, stripped of his power, and was arested. -
D-Day
An army of 3million land air and sea troops from America, Canada, and Great britan invaded the beaches of Normandy -
AMERICA sends the Germans running
The Battle Of the Bulge. a month long battle, Hitlers futile attempt to break through the American lines. The Germans lost 120,000 troops, 600 tanks/assalt guns, and 1600 planes. That was enough so that all the Nazis could do was run
