EUROPEAN AND PACIFIC THEATER

By andrew lovin

  • Anschluss

    Unification of Austria and Germany

  • Munich Conference

    Great Britain and France give Hitler Sudetenland

  • Non Aggression Pact

    Germany and USSR agree not to fight

  • Germany Invades Poland

    Start of WWII

  • Battle of Britain

    3 month bombing of Great Britain

  • Miracle of Dunkirk

    338,000 troops escape German capture

  • Paris Captured

    France surrenders to Germany

  • Germany Invades USSR

    Violates Non Aggression Treaty

  • Pearl Harbor

    Japan Unprovoked Attack of U.S.

  • U.S. Declares War on Japan

    FDR makes speech to congress “..a date that will live in infamy”

  • Germany declares war on U.S.

    Hitler allied with Japan and they hoped for help against USSR
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    Doolittle Raid

    American bombs fall in Japan for the first time

  • Battle of Midway

    Turning point in war with Japan
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    Battle of Stalingrad

    10 month battle ends
    Turning point in War
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    Kasserine Pass

    First U.S. Battle Against Germany (Bad Loss)

  • Rome Falls

    Italy surrenders and Mussolini is executed

  • D-Day

    Allies land at Normandy
    Liberation of France

  • MacArthur Returns to Philippines

    Famous speech “I have returned”
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    Battle of the Bulge

    Last German Offensive- Allies wins

  • Iwo Jima

    Island Captured by U.S. Marines Raise Flag

  • V-E Day

    WWII Ends in Europe

  • Atomic Bomb Dropped

    Over 120,000 die at Hiroshima

  • V-J Day

    WWII Ends In Japan