World War 2

By kbrooke
  • Annexation of Sudetenland

    Annexation of Sudetenland

    Sudetenland was assigned to Germany in October of 1938, and portion was annexed in 1939. Oct 1-10 1938
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor

    A surprise military strike by the Japanese upon the United States.
  • Island- hopping

    Island- hopping

    A military strategy made by the allies in the Pacific War against Japan.
  • Japanese Internment Camps

    Japanese Internment Camps

    Established by FDR through his Executive Order 9066. Ended in 1945
  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway

    Navel battle in the Pacific that took place 6 months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. Ended 6/7/1942
  • Guadalcanal

    Guadalcanal

    Codenamed Operation Watchtower by American forces. First major offensive. Ended 2/9/1943.
  • Stalingrad

    Stalingrad

    The largest confrontation of World War 2. Ended 2/2/1943.
  • D- day

    D- day

    Allied invasion of Normand in Operation Overload
  • Meeting at Yalta

    Meeting at Yalta

    WW2 meeting of the heads of government to discuss the postwar recognization of Germany and Europe. 2/11/1945
  • Fall of Berlin

    Fall of Berlin

    One of the last major offensives of the European Theater of WW2. Ended 5/2/1945
  • Death of Hitler

    Death of Hitler

    Hitler killed himself in Berlin Germany in 1945
  • Los Alamos

    Los Alamos

    Famous federal government laboratory. Birthplace of the atomic bomb.
  • Meeting at Potsdam

    Meeting at Potsdam

    Last of the WW2 meetings held by the Big Three heads of state. Ended 8/2/1945.
  • Hiroshima

    Hiroshima

    A city in Japan that was largely destroyed by an atomic bomb.
  • The Philippines

    The Philippines

    Invasion of the Philippines by Japan 9 hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Ended 5/8/1942.