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Pearl Harbor
Hundreds of Japanese planes attacked the naval base placed on Pearl Harbor. The Japanese destroyed around 20 american naval vessels , eight battleships, and almost 200 airplanes, which created 2,000 American casualties -
U.S. and Britain join forces
two days after the Pearl Harbor attack Roosevelt responded with an invitaion for Churchill to come at once -
War Plans
Minister Churchill satyed at the White House for three weeks working out war plans with President Roosevelt -
The Battle of the Atlantic
the first four months of 1942 the German aim in the Battle of the Atlantic was to prevent food and war materials from reaching Great Britain and the Soviet Union -
The Manhattan Project
Based in Manhattan, New York, it was a secret military project that was established to create the first US nuclear weapon. This was only started by the fear that Germany soldiers would be doing the same. Albert Einstein happened to be one of the scientists hired during this operation. The decision of dropping the first atomic bomb is still on the minds of chief operators and will remain an important factor forever. Four weapons, created by Los Alamos, were used August of 1945 in Japan. -
Doolittle's Raid
U.S. Planned an attack on Japan using twin engined bombers from an aircraft carrier. Most of the b-25s attacked the Tokyo area with a few hitting Nagoya. -
Battle of the coral sea
; Fought in the waters of southwest Solomon Islands and east of New Guinea, the first fight of six in the Pacific War took place between opposing aircraft carrier forces. This was revenge for Port Moresby. One of the U.S. aircraft carries was destroyed and damage to a second. Japanese were forced to cancel their Port Moresby invasion, because they lost a light carries, a destroyer, and some small ships. Shock received bad bomb damage and Zaikai’s air group was completely consumed. -
The Battle of Stalingrad
summer of 1942 Hitler hoped to capture Soviet oil fields in the Caucasus Mountains he also wanted to wipe out Stalingrad, a major industrial center on the Volga River -
The Battle of Midway
Fought by the U.S. Mid-Pacific base at Midway atoll, Japan moved out to draw out and destroy the U.S.’s fleets aircraft carrier striking forces as a revenge attack for the Doolittle Raid. Unexpectedly, the U.S. Fleet were waiting and ready for the Japanese. Four of Japan’s carriers were destroyed beyond repair, and only three of the U.S. Carriers were lost. Even though it was diminished, the base at Midway was later fixed. -
North African Front
They launched an Operation Torch, an invasion of Axis- controlled North Africa, commanded by Dwight D. Esinhower. -
The Italian Campaign
summer of 1943 the Italian Campaign got off to a good start with the capture of Sicily. -
D-Day
The first day of invasion. Shortly after midnight, three divisions parachuted down behind German lines. -
Liberation of Death Camps
Soviet troops were the first to come upon one of the Nazi death camps -
Battle of the Bulge
Americans captured their first German town, Aachen -
Yalta Conference
This was a meeting pulled together between Roosevelt, Churchill of Great Britain, and Joseph Stalin of USSR to discuss neutral agreements on what they all came to settle. Among these things postwar Germany’s government was still up for trial. The decision - Germany would be split between the three nations. -
Iwo Jima
This was the battle where Japan tried to defend their people and the U.S. Were determined to battle them . The only battle in which American casualties outnumbered the Japanese. 26, 000 Americans to the 22,000 Japanese soldiers. The number of servicemen doubled the amount of the dead people from 9/11 -
The Battle of Okinawa
The Americans believed this ould be one of three points that would end the war. -
Roosevelts Death
He did not live to see V-E Day he was posing for a portait in Warm Springs, Georgia, the president had a stroke and died -
Unconditional Surrender
Soviet army had stormed Berlin -
The Occupation of Japan
Created by the allied powers, the occupation was created to settle any land disputes and America actually returned some land. Most of the occupation was taken over by the U.S. Rather the entire group of allied powers. Even though, until this day, there are still arguments with Russia over some of Japan’s land area. -
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The first time that an atomic weapon was used. In Hiroshima, Japan, the U.S. Brought a nuclear weapon that killed tens of thousands of Japan citizens. While still gathering their thoughts, the U.S. Did a similar attack three days later in Nagasaki. These two cities were chosen out of four because they didn’t come in contact with the war. -
Nuremberg Trials
The International Military Tribunal had the 24 major leaders of Nazi Germany come together so they could discuss the crimes and their indictment for it. They were 12 consistent trials known as “Subsequent Nuremberg Proceedings”. There was a count of more than 100 additional defendants besides themselves present.
