World war 2

By 00gray
  • Nazi Germany invades poland

    Nazi Germany invades poland

    Nazi germany started World war one with this act
  • Sitzkrieg

    Sitzkrieg

    An 8 month period where war was declared by western nations but no actions were taken.
  • France falls to germany

    France falls to germany

    Germans used Blitzkreig to wreck France and take it over
  • Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain

    For several months, Germany bombed Britain to try to get them tu surrender.
  • Destroyers-for-bases deal

    Destroyers-for-bases deal

    England trades land for navy destoyers to help their cause
  • America First committe

    America First committe

    American committee that was anti war.
  • U.S. institutes the draft

    U.S. institutes the draft

    The first peace time draft in U.S. history in made
  • Four Freedoms

    Four Freedoms

    This was a speech given by Roosevelt telling the freedoms people around the world should have.
  • Battle of Bataam

    Battle of Bataam

    The most intense fighting of the Phillipine war with Japan
  • Lend Lease aaact

    Lend Lease aaact

    This allowed Roosevelt to give Britain military equipment
  • USS Kearny attacked

    USS Kearny attacked

    A U.S. ship was hit by a german torpedo which killed several men
  • Reuben James sank

    Reuben James sank

    A U.S. ship was destroyed gaurding cargo ships.
  • Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

    Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

    A bombing of a naval base by Japan
  • Island hopping campaign begins

    Island hopping campaign begins

    The U.S. went from island to island defeating Japan
  • Manhatten project began

    Manhatten project began

    The research and testing of the Nuclear Bomb
  • Bataan death march

    Bataan death march

    A 60 mile march of American and filipino prisoners.
  • Battle of Coral Sea

    Battle of Coral Sea

    A navy battle between the U.S. and Japan
  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway

    A naval battle between the U.S. and Japan. It was a U.S. victory.
  • D-Day

    D-Day

    The storming of the beaches of Normandy by Allied Powers
  • Battle of El Alamein

    Battle of El Alamein

    A campaign in the northern coast on Egypt
  • Battle of Stalingrad

    Battle of Stalingrad

    The bloodiest battle in human history. The turning part of the war
  • Casablanca Conference

    Casablanca Conference

    A meeting between FDR and churchill in Casablanca
  • Tehran Conference

    Tehran Conference

    A conference between Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill.
  • FDR elected to fourth term

    FDR elected to fourth term

    FDR elected to a fourth term and is the only president to serve more than two terms
  • Battle of the BUldge

    Battle of the BUldge

    a Surprise attack by Germans against allaied forces
  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference

    A meeting with Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill as world war 2 was winding down.
  • Battle of Iwo Jima

    Battle of Iwo Jima

    A Major battle in the Phillipines with the largest casualties of the Pacific war
  • Battle of OkiNawa

    Battle of OkiNawa

    The fighting for an island only 300 miles away from Japan and had huge casualties.
  • FDR DIed

    FDR DIed

    FDR had a stroke and passed away.
  • VE day

    VE day

    Nazi Germanys surrendur
  • Potsdam conference

    Potsdam conference

    The big three met to discuss the end of World war 2
  • Little Boy dropped

    Little Boy dropped

    A nuclear bomb was dropped on Hiroshima
  • Fat Man dropped

    Fat Man dropped

    To get Japan to surrendur, the U.S. dropped the second bomb
  • VJ day

    VJ day

    Japan's surrendur was announced
  • MacArthur returns to the Phillipines

    MacArthur returns to the Phillipines

    After 2 years of fighting, Macarthur returns to the Phillipines
  • Nuremburg trials

    Nuremburg trials

    The trial of Axis officers and leaders.
  • Japanese war crime trials

    Japanese war crime trials

    judgeing the leaders of Japan of their war crimes